Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

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

4 reviews

amsswim's review

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

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

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

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