Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

17 reviews

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.5

Prose written by a poet is just so lovely. And it was interesting to see how a story takes shape: the twists and turns, the reconstructions and the lies. The way that place holds such a deep meaning, and that place is imbued with history. The way that we are still molding history, that our current actions are both informed by history and become history. This book is part of that story that we tell about history. One particular section that I (a white southerner educated in the public school system) plan to revisit is Smith’s discussion of the South’s rallying cry of States Rights and how the story diverges from the history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Deportation

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

brynalexa's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Poetic, powerful, and thought-provoking. Filled in some gaps in my education while inspiring me to seek out more information on the world’s cruel history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Bullying, Torture, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

jaiari12's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Racism, Classism, Police brutality, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Racial slurs

heatherilene's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Classism, Racism, Violence, Slavery, Child death, and Confinement

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Classism, Death, Torture, Violence, Racism, and Rape

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Stunning. Should be required reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Rape, Slavery, Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, and Murder

sydapel's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Part history compilation, part piece of journalism and partly the authors own reflections, but primarily I was fascinated by how Smith keeps coming back to how we teach others about slavery, both in America and abroad. A lot of the images described in this book, as well as the writing, will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Rape, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Minor: Police brutality

belle2008's review

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Racism, Death, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

madradstarchild's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Genocide, Death, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, War, Torture, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape