Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

12 reviews

amy_q13's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Death, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Classism, Colonisation, and Child death

Minor: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Infertility

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cancer, Colonisation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Cancer, Ableism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cancer, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Sexism

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I found this book really hard to read to start with, but switching to the audiobook made it much easier to consume. A really nuanced look at racism in its many facets. I was frustrated that all the definitions included racism and anti racism in both the description and their titles, which made me mark it down a touch. I was also frustrated at the slights at people’s weights which very occasionally happened, it seemed really at odds at the inclusion messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Islamophobia, Grief, Cancer, Ableism, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, and Colonisation

seawarrior's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Rape, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Classism, Medical content, Police brutality, Trafficking, Homophobia, and Sexism

rieviolet's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I am really a beginner when it comes to reading about racism and other aspects of social justice, so this book was a very important read for me and helped me a lot to understand better, to learn more and to reflect, even when that meant difficult and painful reflections. 

Overall, I think the book was very accessible and easy to follow, although some of the ideas and themes included certainly need time to sink in and to be digested. 

I enjoyed the narrative choice of alternating  personal experiences and explanatory/reflective segments. It was really fascinating to follow the author's own journey and to see it reflected in the themes included in the chapter. 
I very much enjoyed the historical sections and I look forward to expanding my reading and my knowledge of these topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Slavery, Cancer, Medical content, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: War, Transphobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

jellybean53's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexism, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Colonisation