Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

44 reviews

ainecrinion's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

lavenderdrip555's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder

shibaunited's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Cancer, Classism, Death, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia and Gaslighting

caseycdelima's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

An incredible read that was hard to put down! This book is a gorgeous collection of stories of those who migrated to Northern cities during the Great Migration as well as a more broad look at the historical context of the country during the time period. I highly recommend this book- it is thoughtful, well-written, heart wrenching, and inspiring!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

madetofly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Slavery

laurenhclawson's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

wlreed312's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

 This was absolutely fantastic. The narratives of the three protagonists were heartbreaking, awe inspiring, sometimes lovely and sometimes frustrating. They were all so deeply human. The history is fascinating. The writing is lovely and engaging. Wilkerson is a wonder. I don't often buy nonfiction books because I try to save my purchases for books I know I'll reread, but I think I'll make an exception for this. Truly wonderful, as is Caste.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

eva_v's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

As a European I found this a very informative read regarding an important movement and period in American history. It also helps to explain much of the current problems and attitudes in American society. I was greatly inspired and moved by the characters and their difficult journeys, even though some parts were (very) hard to read. Would wholeheartedly recommend.

libbyhb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This book has such a massive scale, and the entire time I was reading it I was thinking about how much time and care went into collecting these stories and historical data. I liked her selection of the people we followed, although at times I found it difficult to keep the years straight while reading about their experiences. I was so struck by the way she told Robert's story of driving to California, in particular (and it was satisfying to find out that she had done the work of driving his same path while writing it). I also loved Ida Mae's story and the way that because it started earlier than the others' how expansive and LONG it felt. There were definitely times I struggled to get through because of some repetiveness and some stories that felt extraneous to the main thread, but overall I'm glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

keeganrb's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence