Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

54 reviews

klsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is a sweet story, a mix of fact and fantasy. Kiku writes and illustrates her journey as a mixed-race, queer Japanase-American unearthing her family history in WWII internment camps. (She refers to interment camps as incarceration camps throughout the book, and rightly so). A magic fog transports her back in time to experience the racism and fearmongering about Asian Americans in the 1940's. Kiku is incarcerated in a room next to her grandmother and great-grandparents and follows their life while cultivating her own in the camp. This is a story about alienation from culture, generational trauma, and the moored "otherness" of multiply marginalized identities. It moved a bit slowly at some points, but it's rich with history, and the art is beautiful. Shamefully, I learned a lot from this short graphic novel. It's a beautiful and real tale of resistance and reconnection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, War, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Cancer, and Death

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

A powerful history lesson and family story wrapped up in a beautiful volume. Review to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: War and Murder

kaykitty24's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What a wonderful graphic novel! The writer clearly spent lots of time researching Japanese Incarceration. I appreciated their specificity and commentary about the period was beautifully done. Definitely recommend to anyone! Once again, these stories are so necessary and important to talk about! Thank you, Kiku Hughes, from one hapa to another! 😊💞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cancer, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Murder and Racial slurs

agnesjlopez's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, and Confinement

jeslis's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Notes:
- First graphic novel I've read! Tbh the format is not really for me but I did enjoy this one.
- I appreciate the message this novel is getting across; quite obvious message but a super important one so I didn't mind :) And it definitely knew it was going to communicate the message overtly, so it executed what it set out to do. Oh and such a good way to visually/conceptually represent intergeneration trauma in a more tangible way!
- Really loved that Kiku was a 2nd gen immigrant because it got to explore the experience of a mixed cultural identity that is quite isolated from the culture (eg. not speaking the language — even Kiku's mum didn't speak Japanese). Felt represented heaps :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement

porkkutletbowl's review

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

geo_07's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

olive_ia's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Murder and Death

mel_muses's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was incredibly well done from the art to the writing and the messages. An essential read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death and Death of parent