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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
18 reviews
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, Gore, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Child abuse, and Child death
maevedora's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Grief, Death, Colonisation, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, and Racism
lizziaha's review against another edition
4.5
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
zosiablue's review
4.25
Graphic: Slavery, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Classism, Colonisation, and Racism
Moderate: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, and Grief
brynalexa's review against another edition
5.0
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
analenegrace's review
I cannot recommend reading this book, especially if you're trying to deconstruct what racism in America looks like. While there are so many lines I marked as pivotal to the book, the most important comes on page 289 in his epilogue,
"The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to it. It is not irrelevant to our contemporary society; it created it. This history is in our soil, it is in our policies, and it must, too, be in our memories."
Graphic: Torture, Classism, War, Racism, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking
rachbake's review against another edition
5.0
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
shieldbearer's review against another edition
5.0
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
bgirl1214's review
4.75
Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Trafficking, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Rape, Medical trauma, Gore, Torture, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Child death, and Grief
teleportsbehindyou's review
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Gaslighting, Torture, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Trafficking, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, and Classism
Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Rape