Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

13 reviews

emmonsannae's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

random19379's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Police brutality, Misogyny, Gun violence, Classism, Abortion, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Grief

emmapaigereads's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Violence

ktmomma's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

4.5

Don’t skip this book thinking that it will be depressing or, worse, unnecessary. It is the kind of eye opening work that deserves the readers time and attention. We cannot make progress toward racial justice without an honest evaluation of our previous successes and failings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

theshitoftheseus's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

beckysbookshelf2826's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

An in-depth look at a lot of American history I didn't know about and the role of the church in these events. I think there could have been more focus on the church as a lot was not even about religion. But I still learnt a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

salixia_the_elixir's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs

drusilla_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book gave me literal nightmares—and I mean that as a compliment. I tried to read it academically, but the contents of these pages refused to be so dryly categorized. An incisive historical look at how the White church has supported and perpetuated racism in the United States. This is a book that every American, and certainly every White Christian American, should read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child death

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Highly recommended reading for anyone who grew up in or is currently a member of the white American Evangelical church. Learning about the church's messy history is uncomfortable, but so necessary for repentance and growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Slavery