Reviews tagging 'Violence'

They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

28 reviews

agnela's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

 An informative graphic novel focusing on Japanese American citizen experiences after Japanese attacked Hawaii. Cruelty, racism, prejudice... And yet somehow it spreads hope and knowledge, it asks us to never forget, do not allow past mistakes be repeated.
I'm not American, we talked a lot about what happened in Europe in the early 20th century, so little of us would have any knowledge that the same that happened in soviet Russia or Hitler ruled Germany happened in America. We need to spread the word, we need to know the facts, the histories, we need to hold each other accountable. And yet we allow the same things to happen today. How despicable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

laurenmiller100's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is an essential book. Japanese internment is relatively unknown to so many modern Americans, but George Takei’s powerful story reminds us that this horror took place not too long ago. The adorable art style stands it stark contradiction to the tragedy within the pages, serving to further cement this child’s view of the experience. I am not usually one to cry at books, but this really affected me. Incredibly powerful and moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Racism, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Hate crime, and War

whtbout2ndbrkfst's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Confinement

Minor: Violence, Racial slurs, and War

magpienicky's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Deportation

Minor: Child death and Death

pacifickat's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

"Justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other, [...] that my liberty depends on you being free, too;[...] that history can't be a sword to justify injustice or shield against progress, [...] but must he a manual for how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past."
- Pres. Barack Obama, They Called Us Enemy p. 203

This book should be a national treasure. One of the best historical memoirs I have ever read.  The messages it contains are even more vital and pressing today than ever before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Grief, Hate crime, War, Deportation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality and Violence

Incarceration, racial injustice, generational trauma

swhite's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Violence

fioom's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

In every single way this book is beautiful. I as a teen have been interested in our worlds history especially when it's came to WW1 and WW2, and all I can say is that I love seeing the ugly parts of history to be shown.
It brings up a very great conversation on the treatment that Japanese and Japanese-Americans experienced during the second world war. I cried reading this especially toward the end when other issues regarding other immigration issues that are commonly faced by middle Easters and us Hispanic/Latinos. I'm lucky and fortunate enough to say that I as a latina have been lucky enough to have good experience so for the most part but many of our people aren't.

Thank you for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War

dreamer626's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried. Everyone needs to read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Violence

craftingcatlady's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful and reflective look at George Takei’s childhood, growing up during World War II’s Japanese Internment Camps, and how it helped to shape him into the actor and activist his is today. 

History books look back at history and tells it from an adult’s lenses. But George, as he is talking about his time at the camps, shows us the same history but through the lens and understanding of a child. The contrast’s painted of how he and his siblings handled the situation versus how his parents did, while remaining strong for their children, is striking. 

I have watched Takei as Sulu in Star Trek growing up, and I had no idea the breadth of his acting career, nor the activism he is involved in. Discovering this, adds another layer onto his Sulu character for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Racism, Confinement, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs

mrsduke89's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Death, and Violence