Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

11 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

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

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

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Thoroughly researched with an extensive bibliography. A must-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and War

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

paigeno's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

erica_palmisano's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Thoughtfully framed, well-narrated, personal yet very relatable, this book is a great entry in the Rethinking American Racism canon. I hope it inspires a lot more ways/instances of sharing the history of slavery in the US. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

arlangrey17's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Confinement

annuich's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This took me a while to read not because it’s boring but only because each page or paragraph I read makes want to sit and reflect on everything I’ve learned in high school textbooks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence