Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

21 reviews

jailynxpaige's review

emotional informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Racism, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Violence

jaiari12's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Violence

meritm's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I've been wanting to read this for a while and finally got it from the library as an audiobook. First off, I'd like to mention that I thought the narrator was very well chosen. She did an excellent job and it was easy to follow her. The book divided into 8 chapters, each very interesting and for me eye-opening as I had previously had trouble understanding how deeply rooted in colonialism our stereotypes today are and how impossible it is to differentiate between racism and sexism when it comes to discrimination against women of colour. Ruby Hamad explained the historic origins and modern developments very well while giving a lot of examples. In about 7 hours she managed to go through several hundred years and almost all continents. Sometimes I did not understand how things she had mentioned before and the topic she was currently discussing fit together until the very end. 
Also, the title and cover of this book are so well chosen!! I thought this was very informative and a good pick for my "obligatory" non-fiction, educative read :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Genocide

thenonbinaryc's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual violence, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Slavery, and Ableism

lucy12345's review

challenging informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Misogyny

Moderate: Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Death

Minor: Trafficking

anniefwrites's review

challenging informative medium-paced

Hamad covers a lot of ground with this book--from history to representation in the media, from workplace conflict to current events. I was grateful to learn about this topic from someone who is both passionate and critical. As a reader, I think having subheadings would have helped me keep track of the topics being discussed, but in general, it's a book that I'll be processing and applying over time. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Violence, and Slavery

kayladaila's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexual violence

lucilaroife's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

bean_sprout's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most informative, well-written and relevant books on modern feminism and racism I’ve ever read. Hamad takes you on a journey through history displaying the underbelly of white supremacy and how white women only help keep that system alive. I think this book has the power to inspire women of color everywhere to come to combat the stereotypes used against them. Highly recommend to read this if you call yourself a feminist or ally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Racism, and Rape