Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Warum ich nicht länger mit Weißen über Hautfarbe spreche by Reni Eddo-Lodge

21 reviews

lola1212's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexism, Drug use, Rape, Ableism, Addiction, Abortion, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Slavery

196books's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism

Moderate: Sexism

lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

After a lifetime of embodying difference, I have no desire to be equal. I want to deconstruct the structural power of a system that marked me out as different. I don't wish to be assimilated into the status quo. I want to be liberated from all negative assumptions that my characteristics bring. The onus is not on me to change. Instead, it's the world around me.

Impactful. Reni Eddo-Lodge knows how to balance her lived experiences with the facts of the matter. It's no mean feat to create something so readable when you're handling incendiary topics like race, class and gender. I particularly loved the middle chapters regarding intersectionality and (white) feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism

narbine's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Xenophobia, Classism, and Racism

gayelfboi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Genocide, Colonisation, Slavery, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Islamophobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Forced institutionalization

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

i dont really have anything to say about a book like this, honestly. its something you can only learn from, rather than have sort of criticism on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Racism, Genocide, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Death, and Deportation

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Super informative, well written, and just really fantastic. I really loved learning more about Britain's role in the slave trade, since I feel like it's something that isn't really as discussed as the American side. Super engaging and bold, this book calls for change and I'm absolutely here for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Sexism

hilary_h's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

This book was like nothing I've read before. Being a black girl, it made me realise that there are probably some questionable things that should not have happened to me in the past that I never even took notice of.

The book is separated into a few sections and one of them is Race and Class. Talking about just class is usually avoided by most people so talking about how class and race are associated is definitely a bit uncomfy. At the end of the day, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it has to be talked about, just like any other topic in this book. My favourite section was definitely White Privilege because it tells how my disadvantages as a Black person, gives white people advantages whether they like it or not.

I advise everyone who sees this review to read the book if you haven't already; especially white people. One thing I must say is that if you don't want to accept, learn and change the fact that you are racist, then don't bother reading it. Not all racism is calling someone the N-slur or bluntly disrespecting their culture. You may be racist while also calling yourself anti-racist and not even realise it so if you are a white person wanting to read this book, be ready to admit some unappealing and maybe surprising truths about yourself. (not trying to offend)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

lenni_sc's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Colonisation, Slavery, and Classism

uhm_kai's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I think everybody should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Police brutality, and Classism