Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

3 reviews

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. 

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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

purplepenning's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is definitely not the anti-American screed I was told to expect, and you should certainly read it. Maybe more than once. The audiobook is also excellent if you want to pump it directly into your ears.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Death, Torture, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, Hate crime, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, War, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

The history of America told from the perspective of Black historians. While the history itself wasn’t entirely new to me, the perspectives provided really challenged me to think about some of the misconceptions I held regarding the history of this nation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Colonisation, War, Grief, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Racial slurs, Classism, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence