Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

30 reviews

jillaay_h's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cancer, Colonisation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a book I have had on my radar for a while, and I’m glad I finally picked it up. I really enjoyed the side notes the author gives throughout the book of edits he’s made to the original text and why. I think it’s a reminder that we all have the ability to make a conscious effort to shift our focus and thoughts when we may not be totally correct. I am wanting to continue to learn, grown, change, adapt, and whatever else I need to do in order to be a better person with all of the people around me and around the world. Being conscious of how I could be and have been racially biased in my thoughts and decisions and understanding that I can continue to make an effort to be better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Cancer

Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Police brutality

greenlivingaudioworm's review

challenging informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Cancer, Ableism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs

lindsey_bear's review

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

I found this book challenging but informative. It is a genre I’m not usually engaging with, and it was nice reading about the experience of Black Americans through an informed and honest eye. The only reason I rate this lower is the emphasis on terminology..I understand the importance of getting these topics right, but I would have appreciated less picking apart of the language and more on his lived experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Rape

kleinerdiktator's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, and Gun violence

kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

This book is well written and the author clearly did extensive research into the history of racism in the United States.  The fact that he used his own life experiences gave the book a more accessible feel because it read more like a memoir than a book on political science.  In terms of content,  I appreciated that he took a view point that, with a few exceptions, did not attack or blame any specific racial group when defining racism.  However, there was some definite bias in some of the opinions/definitions presented in the book and the ideas tend to lean toward a more liberal viewpoint.   This is fine, but it is good to note that the book is not a completely unbiased assessment of racism in the United States.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Cursing, and Violence

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cancer, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Sexism

jessthanthree's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Cancer, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Excrement

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I found this book really hard to read to start with, but switching to the audiobook made it much easier to consume. A really nuanced look at racism in its many facets. I was frustrated that all the definitions included racism and anti racism in both the description and their titles, which made me mark it down a touch. I was also frustrated at the slights at people’s weights which very occasionally happened, it seemed really at odds at the inclusion messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer

meowsloudlyinyourear's review

challenging informative sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Cancer, and Racial slurs