Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

8 reviews

vaekay's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Bullying, Classism, Medical content, Incest, Rape, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Abortion, Infidelity, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Ableism, and Gun violence

Minor: Genocide, Car accident, Slavery, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical trauma

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, and Pedophilia

beetandbaguette's review

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, Abortion, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Bullying

jules_smith's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful writing that gives a brutal yet truthful look into the life of a mixed person. McBride and his mother have unique tales that were shared eloquently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death of parent

Moderate: Police brutality, Addiction, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

morgcailie's review

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

"There was a part of me that feared black power very deeply, for the obvious reason. I thought black power would be the end of my mother." God this hit so hard I could write a goddamn essay just on this quote. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Abortion

kadengrace's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Classism, Drug abuse, Grief, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cancer, Bullying, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Incest

Minor: Pregnancy, Police brutality, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

emilayday's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

alexhyder's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism