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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
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Grief, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Child abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse
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
cpchester's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Police brutality, Colonisation, Hate crime, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
solenodon's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Rape, Slavery, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Racial slurs
Minor: Drug use
annavk's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Death
Moderate: Slavery
amvera's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Slavery, and Violence
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Violence
Minor: Child death
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