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mirandyli's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Slavery, Classism, Death, Police brutality, and Racism
juksu's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Classism, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction and Slavery
dylandalton's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Classism and Colonisation
indeedithappens's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Police brutality, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Rape, and Xenophobia
purplepenning's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Classism, and Slavery
tmchopra's review
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Death, Murder, Child death, and Racial slurs
cady_sass's review against another edition
5.0
This should be required reading. It’s a bit dense, and, despite being very short, takes some time to read and absorb. The stream of consciousness prose can be a little off putting to some, but if you take the time to move through this slowly it really adds to it. Heavy. Hard-hitting and deeply moving.
Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Violence, Death, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Classism, Slavery, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Child death
samugranjo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Hate crime
Moderate: Colonisation, Slavery, Gun violence, Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Violence, and Classism
zanm's review against another edition
3.5
It is a good book because its controversy sparks discussion and the writing style is extremely raw.
It is a bad book because it panders just a bit too much and doesn’t expand nearly enough on certain issues (ex. how racism is ingrained in America via capitalism).
So you see- I’m torn.
Personally, this gave me the feel of a book written so white people can read it and say they’ve “done the research.” I also really liked specific parts of it and hated others, but that’s crucial to a book on race. It’s not supposed to be comfortable.
Another thing that immensely bothered me is that it’s marketed as “a book for his son” when it’s so clearly not.
TLDR: Worth reading but only if you rip it apart and use it as a jumping point.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Grief
Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Homophobia
charleshasalibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Murder, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death