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samugranjo's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
4.5
Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Slavery
Minor: Sexual violence and Drug use
theuncannydani's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Police brutality, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Slavery, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Trafficking
samchase112's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
4.5
If we--and now I mean the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others--do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world. If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!"
James Baldwin's essay is a masterpiece, and should absolutely be read by every American. The personal, intelligent nature of his prose is incredibly powerful. There is really no describing this book; it must be experienced.
Graphic: Racism and Violence
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
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