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In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action by Vicky Osterweil
2 reviews
random19379's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Slavery
webb_beb's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
The best non-fiction book I’ve read this year. Osterweil offers both a philosophical defense of looting (of course) as well as a critique of “non-violence” and it’s station in the American imaginary. She weaves these arguments into a thorough but engaging retelling of anti-Black violence in American history from the slave trade to the Ferguson uprising. Neither solely history nor philosophy the author’s deliberate personal presence transforms this into something of a manifesto- a construction of the past to serve as a guide for the present.
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
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