Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

17 reviews

stuffinmybrainhole's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

tlaynejones's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This was so good. Gorrie is a Gunai-Kurnai and Gunditjamara woman, who writes of growing up as an Aboriginal child with her white mother and Aboriginal father. She then goes on to describe how as an adult and parent herself she joined the police force, as a way to support her family and in the hope of bridging the gap between her people and the police. She writes in a way that makes it hard to put the book down. It’s quite a fast moving story, filled with challenges, profound trauma, and so much love. 
I wish every Australian would read this brave, compassionate story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

ell_double_u's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse

blovessummer's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An important read and very well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

tamzen's review

informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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