Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

60 reviews

grace_b_3's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

This book collects some of Davis’s speeches and essays, alongside interviews with her. Since all of the collected materials are from within the same time period, the book can feel a bit repetitive at times, but a lot of Davis’s points are still impactful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Deportation

rachelfayreads's review

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, Child death, Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, War, Transphobia, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Police brutality, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Classism, and Death

picoledenaranja's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

An amazing book to get you thinking about international solidarity. Easy to read, informative and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, War, Violence, and Islamophobia

46jjsg's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

I had to put this book multiple times, because Davis kept bringing up points that resonated with me. I will say at times that it does get repetitive; however, perhaps this was intentional since repetition reinforces information to be remembered.... I would recommend anyone to read this book once because it's quite short and I really love the multiple topics discussed. There are many instances where I just felt so seen as a person and had always wanted to express but never had a way to put it into words. Free Palestine!! Support BDS!! Only as a collective can we achieve this!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and War

koreanlinda's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was my first book by Angela Y Davis, and I learned a lot. Because it is a collection of her speeches and interviews, some information is repeated, but it rather helped me remember it. I liked the chapters with speeches much better than the interviews. Her speeches are quite easy to follow.

Review by Linda (Any Pronouns) in March 2024
Personal essays on DefinitelyNotOkay.com
Artwork on Instagram @KoreanLinda

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Slavery, Police brutality, and Racism

juleseliasw's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, War, Suicide, Xenophobia, Slavery, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Colonisation, Classism, Racism, Murder, Islamophobia, Violence, and Police brutality

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Transphobia, Grief, Violence, Classism, Police brutality, and Racism

stargirlmolly's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Xenophobia, and War

bootsmom3's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, War, Confinement, and Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty and Ableism

emadisonc's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, and War

Minor: Transphobia and Sexual assault