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youngthespian42's review against another edition
2.0
This book exposed me to a lot of ugly history about the underclass and minority treatments in health system and policy in America history. It frequently ties past policy to current conditions in ways that feel like stretches at time, hyperbolic, and sometimes outright offensive.
The author constantly inserts themselves into the narrative and makes the plight of so many about their personal identity.
While this books makes several statements about classism being the lynchpin of unequal treatment and outcomes in America, there is a constant need to highlight intersectional lens to these outcomes. In book constantly calling out America’s black and brown people as disposable to capitalism, the author truly discards the many poor white people victim to the system.
Understanding systemic racism is important and certain communities disproportionate suffering to these systems is important but none of this is going to change without a broad coalition of working people. You cannot get there by othering working class white the same way the system others minorities. We need to unite against the plutocrats and tear the system down together.
The author constantly inserts themselves into the narrative and makes the plight of so many about their personal identity.
While this books makes several statements about classism being the lynchpin of unequal treatment and outcomes in America, there is a constant need to highlight intersectional lens to these outcomes. In book constantly calling out America’s black and brown people as disposable to capitalism, the author truly discards the many poor white people victim to the system.
Understanding systemic racism is important and certain communities disproportionate suffering to these systems is important but none of this is going to change without a broad coalition of working people. You cannot get there by othering working class white the same way the system others minorities. We need to unite against the plutocrats and tear the system down together.
charlatte_lee's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Hate crime
Moderate: Suicide and Police brutality
tiffanyjeannine's review
5.0
I think everyone should read this. It’s both infuriating and fascinating. Not too dense. There’s a nice through line narrative that ties it all together. Just hate that we know what to do, but because no one would profit from it and it would help black, brown, and indigenous folks, we don’t. 🫠 This is one that is going to stay with me for a while. It’s going right up there with The Sum of Us by Heather McGee, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, and The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle.
dinasamimi's review against another edition
4.0
So powerful and deeply researched. Thrasher is not only incredibly insightful and provocative but compassionate to his sources and subject matter in a way that I don't often witness in nonfiction. A must-read.
banned_book's review against another edition
3.0
Thrasher brought up some great points, but I didn't love the writing style.