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

8 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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is a book of some of US history’s most salient figures, events, and tipping points of the southern states. It’s the kind of history all US schools should teach but is being banned in too many of the same southern states. You might call it US Black history, but US Black history is US history, just as my US Asian history and the US White history we are often only taught. I’ll be reading this book many times over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deportation, Dysphoria, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Outing, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Biphobia, and Chronic illness

jbro12's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Gore, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, and Death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

basicbookstagrammer's review

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, and Murder

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

orireading's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Strongly recommend the audiobook, read by Perry herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Hate crime, Slavery, Rape, Racism, and Murder

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

mondovertigo's review

adventurous informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Mass/school shootings