Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi, Joel Christian Gill

3 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

It’s really amazing all the different ways that stamped gets this history and information to readers. This interpretation is simply brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Blood, Xenophobia, War, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Slavery

robinks's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

My first time reading Dr. Kendi’s work. Well-researched and written, this graphic novel is full of so much information that is clearly communicated. I will need to revisit this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, Death, Confinement, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Slavery, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Colonisation, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Rape, Child death, Classism, Murder, War, Car accident, and Homophobia

paintedgiraffe's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

Really wanna give it 5 stars but a great deal of the narrative and speech bubbles were in – I thought – a confusing order. Sometimes I had to read the bottom or rightmost bubble first and that severely interfered with my comprehension.

Love it overall, though! The drawing style is absolutely fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Police brutality