Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

53 reviews

leannanecdote's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide and War

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Violence and Antisemitism

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

theuncannydani's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Slavery, Trafficking, and Colonisation

lily1304's review against another edition

reflective

5.0

Necessary reading. Baldwin was a genius.

I will say that sometimes Baldwin's sentences are difficult to follow, with like, a lot of clauses and commas and I have to carefully find the verb like I'm in middle school English again. I highlighted one as an example:

"But our ignorance and indecision have had the effect, if not of delivering them into Russian hands, of plunging them very deeply into the Russian shadow, for which effect - and it is hard to blame them - the most articulate among them, and the most oppressed as well, distrust us all the more." WHEW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, and War

lain_darko's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

DISCLAIMER -  I read this text as a set text for university meaning I did not pick this up for myself. It does not fit my usual reading selection so my review may be rather biased. 

This was a very easy text to get through, I read it within one sitting. 

Baldwin’s writing is very easy to get along with, being informative, autobiographical and reflective. 

This text gave me a lot to think on and I will likely read it again and explore Baldwin’s writings further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Colonisation

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

still as relevant today as it was when it was written; james baldwin is forever one of my favorite authors. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

sarah_brazenbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism