Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

2 reviews

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

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