Reviews tagging 'Racism'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

242 reviews

athos's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

So well-written, she writes from her childhood perspective so vividly, with child-like innocence. Her story is heartbreaking, but also full of hope and perseverance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

darbyjane1's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Racism

slrich9024's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Sexual violence

ritte_e's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Body shaming, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, and Slavery

bookishbisexual's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

alexandriareads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Racism, and Sexual assault

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual assault

morganbrooke's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Difficult to read, but in the way that it challenges how you think about things.

In particular this made me consider the times it took place during, the "good ole days" and how shitty they were for a lot people.  I make it a habit to not read much about a book before I pick it up to give everything a fair chance and the reason why I picked those one up was because I saw it on a list of commonly banned books.  While it contains some mature(-ish) content, it is much tamer than many things I read as a youth and the value of showing other-ing on a personal degree is unmatched.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, and War