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readingelli's review
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Brilliantly researched, very informative and well written for a lay audience.
Graphic: Trafficking, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Racism, Colonisation, Murder, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Hate crime
Moderate: War and Death
aliceintheuk4's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Wow. Just wow. David Olusoga has taken such an expansive and important topic and really done it justice in under 600 pages. Having watched ‘A House Through Time’ I knew he had a beautiful way of narrating the past, but this book is something else. Utterly heartbreaking, eye opening even for someone like me who considers themselves quite aware of Britain’s racist and downright evil history, Black and British is a must read for any Brit, regardless of beliefs. Such an important book.
Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racism, War, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse
emilistevenson's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Trafficking, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia
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