Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

15 reviews

jeggert10's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Classism, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Cancer, Abandonment, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Death

curious_kbc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Classism, Racism, and Police brutality

princxporkchop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

A crucial archive of Black culture and history that's unfortunately weakened at times by its liberal academic sensibilities, particularly with its adherence to respectability politics and the lionization of war criminal Barack Obama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, Genocide, Hate crime, Death, Classism, Torture, Gore, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Addiction, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Death of parent

missmethven's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

breadwitchery's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Hate crime

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, Cancer, and Homophobia

mooncake8008's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. What an amazing read. I was intimidates by this book when I initially picked this book up due to it's length and font size. But Wilkerson's ability to weave narrative and facts about the Great Migration is so seamless and it made for a very quick read. 

There is such rich history in this book. Definitely a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Slavery, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Murder, Infidelity, and Hate crime

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

chloeml's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

While a little bit redundant at times, this book was a gripping take on life as a Black American during this time period. It was both extremely educational and engaging, with a narrative/story structure that kept the book from feeling like a history book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Classism, Death, Murder, and Slavery

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.

mwalla's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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