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jillaay_h's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Cancer, Colonisation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Police brutality
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cancer, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Sexism
jesselopod's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Colonisation
Minor: Cancer
anniereads221's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Islamophobia, Grief, Cancer, Ableism, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, and Colonisation
seawarrior's review
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Rape, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Xenophobia
jellybean53's review
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexism, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, and Bullying
Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Colonisation
jojo_'s review
4.5
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Cancer, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Slavery, and War
tbooks15's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
btg's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Cancer, Transphobia, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia
Minor: Mass/school shootings
Quick note on the content warnings -- this is a nonfiction book. Very few of these are explicitly described without the unpacking/dismantling of the reasons why it happens/what we can do about it, and I wouldn't strictly describe most of the content used as "graphic". It's definitely presented differently than a typical piece of media. That being said, be aware that this book covers heavy topics, probably because it's an antiracism book. Of course various types of prejudice are getting exploredtherainbowshelf's review against another edition
4.5
Ibram Kendi takes a good hard look at racism in this book. He discussed how racism tries to turn the word "racist" into an epethet so racist people can be mad about being called racist, and speaks at length about fighting racist policies that create racial inequity. He also spends quite a lot of time examining his own racism (and other things like homophobia) in his past endeavors to fight racism and how he's learned from that. I recommend this read, but it may be hard for anyone who's lives have been touched by cancer (discussed in the ending).
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, and Misogyny
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Forced institutionalization