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bluejayreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Hate crime, and Cancer
Minor: Racial slurs
rieviolet's review against another edition
5.0
Overall, I think the book was very accessible and easy to follow, although some of the ideas and themes included certainly need time to sink in and to be digested.
I enjoyed the narrative choice of alternating personal experiences and explanatory/reflective segments. It was really fascinating to follow the author's own journey and to see it reflected in the themes included in the chapter.
I very much enjoyed the historical sections and I look forward to expanding my reading and my knowledge of these topics.
Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Bullying, Slavery, Cancer, Medical content, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: War, Transphobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Fatphobia
jellybean53's review against another edition
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
btg's review against another edition
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 exploredmelaniereadsbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Kendi does an excellent job interweaving historical examples, personal examples, and well-explained definitions into each chapter to teach about the many intersectionalities of racism and other -ims.
My only complaint is that I felt the chapters on gender and sexuality were severely lacking compared to the rest of the book, and it was very noticeable that these were not up to par.
I felt this book taught a lot and I look forward to reading more of Kendi's work.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Cancer, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Police brutality
therainbowshelf'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
alayamorning's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Drug use
schenkepanky's review against another edition
5.0
I listened to the audio version narrated by the author. His narration is well done - stylized and slow at about 11 hours. Listening at about 1.5 speed felt about the pace of other books.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Hate crime
jhpepper's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence
gagne's review against another edition
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Cancer, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Slavery, Sexism, and Religious bigotry