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gvstyris's review against another edition
4.0
This is the difference between racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power.
An insightful novel, and one I will definitely be recommending to white friends and family going forward. Learning about British involvement in the slave trade and its history of police brutality was eye-opening and very worthwhile, so I'm glad I finally got around to giving this a read.
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Misogyny, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, and Hate crime
lola1212's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexism, Drug use, Rape, Ableism, Addiction, Abortion, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Slavery
batlodge's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Racism
misscoffeereads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism
listette's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
cogowno's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Racism
matmatmatty's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
leonie555's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism
thechocolatefinger's review against another edition
2.0
All the actual stuff about racism seems so surface level and obvious (eg stop and search is racist, intersectional feminism is good), like it doesn’t delve into why this institutional racism exists or how it affects everyone. She just says some anecdotal examples. But I guess she’s not a political theorist so that’s why it’s all about her. But I just don’t like that.
She also has the opinion of “all White people are unconsciously racist” which I don’t think is a beneficial argument, especially when she barely explains what her definition of racism is. But whatever ig.
Also from the title you might assume it is about racism overall, but it is actually very Black-specific, with only slight references to other ethnic minorities. But again, it all comes down to the book basically being autobiographical instead of actually about racism in general.
I think maybe if you’re completely new to ideas of White privilege and you don’t know what institutional racism is, then reading this would be like eye-opening for you (as it seems to be for many other reviewers). But if you already know that (or literally have ever done basic sociology) this book is not worth it, it is just saying obvious things in really no depth at all.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs and Police brutality
viviundworte's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism