Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

46 reviews

vanesst's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality

itsquinntendo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have had this book on my shelves for years but always felt intimidated picking it up. Now i'm really kicking myself for waiting so long. I have learned a lot about racial inequality, and a bit about mass incarceration, but this was the first real deep dive I've done. The information is laid out so clearly and detailed, and despite my initial intimidation, I believe this is a great introductory book for these concepts. I know this one has been recommended a million times, but I'll certainly recommend to my friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

wlreed312's review against another edition

challenging informative sad

4.5

Everyone in America should read this book. As someone who has family that has been a direct participant in the war on drugs (I have a cousin who was an undercover narcotics officer before he retired) this was both eye-opening and upsetting. I knew some of the history because I've read quite a bit about the Nixon years, and learned some more about the Reagan years through various sources, but there was still so much I was unaware of. I thought the last chapter dealing with the concept of exceptionism was particularly enlightening. I was more than a little pained by the multiple mentions of Bill Cosby as someone who had been a positive figure in the black community, but that's what I get for waiting so long to read it. I did get slightly bogged down in the legalese occasionally, but it never got so bad I didn't understand the points being made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Drug use

Moderate: Police brutality

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Drug use, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Hate crime

lkh24's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

eelizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, Genocide, Confinement, Racism, Murder, Classism, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Colonisation

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

The content in this is heavy. It’s not heavy in terms of graphic content but heavy in the sense of how much injustice and racism has existed long before the United States even became a nation in the first place. It took me a longer time than usual to absorb the words. I felt a jumble of emotions as I was reminded of the countless unnecessary deaths of Black and Brown individuals who had done nothing wrong except to exist on a planet that is against them.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

bsmulca's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, and Racism

rapunzelholly's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Violence

lizziaha's review

informative

4.0

This book made a huge contribution to the shifting of my worldview. I highly recommend this book for a more complete understanding of race in America. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Racism, Gun violence, and Drug use