Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

20 reviews

glittery_phoenix's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

This is an incredible, world-view shifting book that should be an essential read for every Brit. 

It conceptualises terms like race, racism, prejudice, colourism, intersectionality and institutional racism..... But it does so in a way that is not only digestible to the reader but creates a tangible mental map of how everything is connected. 

Touching on topics from history- the Atlantic slave trade to individual cases of assault, police brutality and injustice. This helps to explain the bigger picture of how things came to be, but also cultural turning points that had huge influence on the culture of Britian.

As someone from Liverpool I was very aware of our city's dark past with slavery, but the way Reni brings to life this history is brilliantly insightful while still rightfully difficult to learn about. 

I felt privileged to be taken on the journey of the author from her childlike innocence up to the empowering and beautifully eloquent woman she is at the time of writing. 

No review can do this justice, I can only implore you to read it. If it makes you uncomfortable then that is all the more reason to not shift your gaze. This book should be essential reading for every British person and anyone, of any race, who cares about understanding life experiences outside their own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Slavery, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Death, and Racial slurs

adampjt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism

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

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

lozdouglas's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

Informative about race and the history of Black people and Britain. Well presented with historical and more recent evidence, stats and interviews 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

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

josxphinchen's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, and Police brutality

meganamelia's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Islamophobia, Murder, and Violence