Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

6 reviews

jeddicat's review

Graphic with horrific violence against women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Colonisation, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Murder, Death, Child death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Classism, and Blood

gfmetz's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Child death, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

joelmeador's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.5

This was very interesting but also it was racist as shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

emmiestrick's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An excellent account of one of the most impressive original American cultures and its people. A necessary read for anyone interested in the true history of this land. Engaging, inspiring, and deeply saddening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Rape

pirateenthusiast's review

1.25

A well researched book. I learned a lot, but this is where the positives end. The language used in this book is repeatedly and horrendously racist. I'm not sure if this was the authors intention or not, but he portrays the Comanches and Native Americans as a whole as "backward stone age hunters". Gwynne claims to be providing an unbiased neutral book that shows both sides in an accurate light. He certainly succeeds in not straying away from the violence of the Comanches with his brutal and graphic descriptions, yet when he describes the violence of the other side, the terms are much more vague, giving the reader the wrong impression. Here is a list of words used in this book and the frequency that they appeared.

Native: 32
Indian(s): 1,177
Savage: 28
Primitive: 19
Redskin: 3
Squaw: 25
Indigenous: 1

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Torture, War, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, and Genocide

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death

folieassdeux's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence