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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

4 reviews

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Loved this read. Similar premise to How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith in the sense of travelling to important places in the history of black people in America, however this book does not limit itself to pre-Civil War history. Truly dives into how the United States was built on slavery and inequality from the very start, and we as a nation keep the old ideas and habits around. I listened to the audiobook, which was read by the author. Highly recommend this one, and it came out this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child death, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Grief, Racial slurs, Trafficking, War, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Slavery, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, and Death

rorikae's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

'South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation' by Imani Perry is the perfect blend of memoir and history book. It details the South in the United States through Perry's personal experiences as well as the wider history. Perry includes moments from her childhood and adult life that clearly show that she both loves the South while also grappling with its troubled history. In so doing, she expresses why the South is important, moments of community, and issues that persist. 
The South is so often seen by those who do not live there as a stereotype. Perry deconstructs this by taking different cities throughout the South and exploring their own history as well as interjecting her personal narrative about that city. 
I think this is a must read for everyone who lives in the United States, especially people like me who are not familiar with the South and only hear about it through stereotyped stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Classism, Police brutality, Hate crime, Murder, and Sexism

aus10england's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Gorgeous, gorgeous book. 

Well written, with clearly so much care put behind the words of the narrative. I am not from the south myself, but I learned so much!

The book is almost poetic in a sense, a wide range of readers would appreciate this story. 

Could have been shorter in some parts, it was a LONG book, but other than that, I emphatically enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Minor: War