Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

43 reviews

sonjaelisee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Minor: Death

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.5

Brown’s style of writing is very accessible and easy to follow. The book is very experience based and draws on personal experience to illuminate broad issues. I would widely recommend this book. Brown does center some of her discussion on Christianity, which didn’t feel particularly relevant to me specifically, but might prove very relevant to other readers! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, and Mass/school shootings

sphelps269's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

mmgreen23's review

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Slavery

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I liked this, but it was a little too much Christianity for me.  I don't think it was meant to make me think that Christianity in the US is too far gone and too far into whiteness to be salvaged, but it did. But Ms. Brown seems like she's doing great work, and I'm very happy for her. I think it might be particularly helpful for folks who might be committing microaggressions in the workplace and not realize.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Grief, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

dimeryrene's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

This was a great memoir. ACB tells all kinds of stories about micro and macro aggressions she faces in the workplace. Even when she’s in charge, more than qualified, and code switching, white people still do not see her as a full person capable of leading. Really loved a lot of this, but didn’t connect with the religious aspects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

WOW. For a shorter book, this packs a hell of a punch. Alex Channing Brown (I feel the boy's name annoyance/privilege btw) is such a powerful writer. This book made me think so much, and I wish I would've read it before Tyre Nichols' murder and the vigil on campus. Brown makes so many great points about history repeating itself, the hopelessness and futility of that, and how people, especially people of color and Black women in particular, can keep living in a world made so unliveable by white supremacy.

There were also a lot of great parts about what it's like being a Black woman in the workplace, beyond the typical microaggressions they always mention in the standard DEI HR training videos you do for work.

My one hang up that I know won't be an issue for everyone is how heavily the book revolves around religion. Obviously it's because her background and career and passion revolves around her faith, I'm just not religious myself 🤷‍♀️ although it is valuable for me to see that perspective, especially in regards to race. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

cady_sass's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Brief but poignant and hard-hitting. This could’ve been a 5 star read for me but it got a bit preachy for my liking - I can appreciate that the author is clearly deeply rooted in her faith and that the church is an important part of her life, but at a certain point the heavy focus on Christianity takes away from the message. I suppose this may be written specifically for a Christian audience and that it’s highly effective there. For me, not so much. But if you can parse out the religious dialogue there’s much to be gleaned here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, and Death