Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

96 reviews

zanm's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I had to read this for class and I’m pretty torn on it. I had a two-three hour discussion with a friend and we came to several conclusions:

It is a good book because its controversy sparks discussion and the writing style is extremely raw. 

It is a bad book because it panders just a bit too much and doesn’t expand nearly enough on certain issues (ex. how racism is ingrained in America via capitalism). 

So you see- I’m torn. 

Personally, this gave me the feel of a book written so white people can read it and say they’ve “done the research.” I also really liked specific parts of it and hated others, but that’s crucial to a book on race. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. 

Another thing that immensely bothered me is that it’s marketed as “a book for his son” when it’s so clearly not. 

TLDR: Worth reading but only if you rip it apart and use it as a jumping point.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and War

cpchester's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use

annavk's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

nataliapassos's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

sepitz's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

anger566's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Really moving, there were times when I teared up. Everyone should read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

Reviewing someone's lived experience feels weird, so I'll just say that this memoir does not sugarcoat anything. It's a short book, but the impact of his words will not soon fade. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape

charleshasalibrary's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism