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ex_libris_volantes's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
This whole series has been relatively phenomenal, but this is definitely one of the most important, and well spoken additions. You can tell the author truly understands the intersectional crossover of the roots to Islamophobia and other serious systemic issues in global structures, while maintaining racialized Islamophobia as the target in this project. I don’t know what else to say without quoting away some of the best lines, but I can’t stress enough how important, especially given current genocidal events in Palestine (reading this in May, 2024 after over 200 days of continuous Nakba), that books such as this are in framing the real issue, and the disgusting benefactors of capitalist profit from the continued division of marginalized people from collective support. Everyone should read this.
bookishbrenbren's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Easily one of the best - if not THE best - nonfiction book I have ever read. I struggle to express how seriously I admire this book. I found myself highlighting some passage or point every few paragraphs. The book makes the case that Islamophobia and racism exists because they stem from - and reinforce - the state's mission to protect capital and white supremacy (you might say yeah I already know that, but trust me, this book REALLY makes the case). Likewise, rather than examining its own lack of equality, safety, and community, the western state prefers to prove its goodness by pointing out the supposed badness of the racialized other. By making the case that the racialized other is bad inherently, the state proves its own goodness by pointing to its whiteness.
If any of this even vaguely interests you, PLZ pick up this book! It's also very well written. A little jargony/academic but it's still easy to understand and to connect the dots
If any of this even vaguely interests you, PLZ pick up this book! It's also very well written. A little jargony/academic but it's still easy to understand and to connect the dots
sarahjayne30's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Clear voiced, bold and n its political analysis of Islamphobia. Learned a lot; grounding the narrative in socialist and communist arguments was really clarifying and powerful.