Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

16 reviews

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

I did find parts of this book dragged when I already knew something.  While I enjoyed how the book was laud out, I think I found it jarring on occasion.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

chillinmcvillian's review

This book was really heavy and effecting me in a way where I felt hopeless. The information is sad and I started wondering, how can we benefit from this information when all odds are against us. I would read again in the future but I wasn’t in the right space to read it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

chelscola's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

tlaynejones's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Classism, Police brutality, Rape, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Gaslighting, Deportation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual violence, and Torture

readandfindout's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Torture, War, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Colonisation, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

novelteareader's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Police brutality

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Racism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Started as a special edition in the the New York Times to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of the first African captives sold against their will as chattel slaves in Virginia, the 1619 Projects aims to be the framework for critical race theory, which looks at American history and adds back in the truths previously deemed unnecessary and to remove various beliefs about slavery. It's a devastating and necessary read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Vomit, Misogyny, Police brutality, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

andsoitgoes's review

5.0

This is an excellent history of America. It's content and frame of reference are unique in the historical literature and it expertly fills a long-timeline black history void that has been missing from the core reading cannon for upper high school / lower college. If you are a history teacher looking for a sub section, or someone who doesn't want to read all in one go, each chapter is self contained and covers a timeframe from 1619 to modern day. The chapters are by topic. I recommend Race, Sugar, Citizenship, and Justice if you are looking for topics not often covered elsewhere.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Kidnapping

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Torture, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Police brutality, Child death, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization