Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

92 reviews

juksu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Slavery

smolone13's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Coates had written Between the World and Me for his 15-year-old son. The first part depicts Coates growing up in a stricter household. His parents would teach him to keep his wits about him. He was supposed to stay away from trouble. Coates quickly noticed and learned that he was treated differently from his white counterparts.

The second part depicts him as a young adult exploring the world. While in college he began to learn about how the world around him, outside of America. When he started to talk to other's in his black community he discovered that not everyone has hatred. When he traveled to France there was no fear but he still couldn't help but be wary of what awaits him. Not to mention when one of his old classmates was followed and killed by a police officer after another fellow black was killed by a police officer.

The last part Coates talks to the mother of Prince Jones, Coates's old classmate, and talks to her about her grief, pain, and how hard it is not to fight.

After reading this book again after high school I feel like I gained a new perspective. In high school I don't think I paid too much attention of what was going on so I didn't fully appreciate this book. Now as a young adult still witnessing the same black hate and police brutality this book has felt like witnessing the same death all over again. This felt necessary to read as it was heart-breaking. More people need to read this work even after it ends.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Minor: Death and Murder

jadeanne's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, powerful book. Coates creates such a vivid picture of what it's like to be black in America, and the world. His discussion, and storytelling, is so well done. I learned a lot from reading the book and it deepened my understanding of racism. The writing itself is also outstanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Police brutality

Minor: Racial slurs

Content is a very heavy read, but also so important. Especially if you are looking for books to learn about racism/black people's experiences in the world.

gellyreads's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

dylandalton's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Classism and Colonisation

indeedithappens's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Police brutality, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Rape, and Xenophobia

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

purplepenning's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Should certainly be required reading, in and out of the classroom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Classism, and Slavery

22_catching_rae's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Like Toni Morrison said—-“This is required reading.”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gun violence

tmchopra's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Death, Murder, Child death, and Racial slurs