Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Jack Latimore, Deborah Cheetham, Patrick Johnson, Adam Goodes, Aileen Walsh, Tara June Winch, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Celeste Liddle, Jared Thomas, Terri Janke, Miranda Tapsell, Anita Heiss, Amy McQuire, Tony Birch, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Alexis West

2 reviews

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is such an important book - one I believe every Australian needs to read. 

Each voice is unique, as are their stories and experiences. It has left me feel raw, emotional, disgusted and ashamed and just as equally inspired, hopeful, uplifted and determined to make it a higher priority to read more from Indigenous authors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Abandonment, and Addiction

balfies's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

Another fantastic memoir anthology, this one exploring Aboriginality. I often had to take the time to properly absorb each piece, so I've been dipping into it shortly over about 9 months.

Some poetic, some hilarious, many haunting or reckoning with pain and discrimination. Emotional, evocative, and expressive writing throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Ableism, and Abandonment