Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie

7 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Physical abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

slightfawn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

lucyr21's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Minor: Dementia

katiiekhaos's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This is an incredibly important memoir for all white Australians to read and really reflect on. I am in total awe at the resilience, compassion, empathy and honesty Veronica showed through this memoir, although it may not come across as overtly emotional I can still see how she has chosen to share her heart with us while also protecting herself and others from being retraumatised. I felt like I was already fairly well educated on the issues within the Australian police, however seeing how bad it is even on the inside for First Nations people was even more disappointing and frustrating. And although Veronica talks about how it shouldn’t be on the shoulder of Aboriginal people to educate whites, this book definitely has the power to do that and for that I am so thankful for her selflessness in sharing her stories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Racism

archytas's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

3.5

This is an impassioned memoir: I am a little in awe at how Gorrie can write look unflinchingly at her trauma and retell it. There is much content here which can be confronting: both through the violence and abandonment in her childhood and in what she witnessed and experienced in her years in the cops. Gorrie's telling is matter of fact, even when described her own misery, anger and her strength, which shines through in spades.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Racism, and Racial slurs

tehcup's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual violence, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

georgiarybanks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Racial slurs