Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri

9 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ is a brilliant book, discussing how political every part of blackness, especially black hair, is. I only had a shallow understanding of black hair and its politics, so this book was an insightful way to learn.

Unsurprising how much white people benefitted (and continue to benefit) from blackness 😢

Emma Dabiri did a brilliant job with this one. 3.5 stars out of 5 for me and definitely one to come back to 🥹 Thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

effievee's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

hfleur's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Racial slurs

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Confinement, Deportation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Suicide, Incest, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Violence, War, Classism, and Cultural appropriation

Fucking brilliant. Absolutely funking brilliant.

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I have never learnt so much from such a concise book. I feel privileged to have got to read it, as it maps millions upon millions of overlapping stories spanning four continents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Slavery, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Religious bigotry

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

horizonous's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

Very informative, but it became too academic in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Murder, Racial slurs, and Rape

wherethewildreadsare's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Slavery

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Cursing