Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

64 reviews

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Colonisation, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

lauraspeechly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Davis’ puts forward her ideas in ways that are easy to understand. I think that this is great book to read if you want an introduction intro prison abolitionism. Her ideas about terrorism really stuck with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual violence, War, and Sexual assault

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Confinement, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

souplover2001's review against another edition

informative

4.0

wish i had a physical copy so i cld mark down some notes. did not know it was a series of essays from different speeches or talks rather than a single narrative so some points did repeat, but v informative nonetheless !! feminism and abolition from chapter 8 was a highlight for me as well <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Racism, Islamophobia, and Transphobia

gilnean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, War, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death

jayisreading's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

What a powerful collection of essays/transcribed speeches that explore intersectional topics that, as Dr. Davis aptly states, demonstrate how the struggle for freedom and justice is multifaceted. Time and time again, I’m always in awe of how eloquent Dr. Davis is when she weaves different issues together to show how interconnected everything is. It’s not an easy task by any means, but Dr. Davis is one of the few scholars/activists out there who does a phenomenal job with this, in my opinion. Furthermore, it’s done in such a fashion that isn’t unnecessarily esoteric.

Something that struck me about this collection was how many of these issues we often discuss—feminism, racism, colonialism, and so on—can all be tied to the prison-industrial complex and the need to abolish prisons. As someone who is still learning more about the prison abolition movement, this was really eye-opening and felt like a great starting point to ease into other books that place more focus on the movement. Dr. Davis’ words throughout this collection left a profound impact and I feel encouraged to learn more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery

ashleycmms's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, and Racism

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Genocide, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

otherworlds's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Colonisation and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Suicide

bobsacoolword's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I wish I had broken it up into more sittings. It really helps to show how different movements are connected, but can get repetitive because a lot of the speeches cover the same people or same events. I don’t think the repetitiveness is bad. I think it was meant to be read over time because when you read it all at once, you run the risk of accidentally tuning out things you feel like the book has already covered. I just did not read this in a way that was optimal for me.
At the same time, it's a reminder of how poor the history education is in the United States and how now as adults, it's our responsibility to learn all of these moments and decide how we are going to let them shape our values and beliefs. I loved being able to see how all of these different movements all throughout history and all over the world are connected. Too often, it's easy to see these moments and just feel despair, but hearing how generations of activists all over the world fighting different fights have helped to shape each others' battles. It sparks the small bit of hope I was holding on to, where community and connection are the key to revolutions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism