Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

65 reviews

kaitbeth's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

kalisaur's review

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

The stories that are told in this book! And to think they happen in this modern age! Clearly my scandalization comes from the privilege my whiteness provides but boy did a lot of these stories get me steamed up. Now I realize I am in no way perfect and have said ignorant things to black people, but the number of interactions described that goes beyond ignorance into actual meanness and ill-will was eye opening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Everyone needs to read this to see just how pervasive and draining racism is. My mouth definitely dropped open at the sheer nerve of some of the white people in this book. They were the worst!! Mostly though, these stories did not surprise me. I was really glad to see how Amber and Lacey turned it into comedy and were able to laugh about it.

CWs: Racism, racial slurs, bullying, police brutality, child abuse, cultural appropriation, xenophobia, gaslighting, sexism, misogynoir, stalking, cursing, religious bigotry, classism. Moderate: gun violence, emotional abuse, hate crime, mentions and jokes about slavery, medical content (medicalized racism), grief, colonisation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Sexism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

aargot1's review

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Racism, and Racial slurs

rjsthumbelina's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

schmidtat's review

challenging dark funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

lucy_shanners's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

kelleykamanda's review

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

What a great book. Both dark and funny, I’d recommend it everyone. It obviously was painful to read at times but the stories were truly informative and important to take note of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Classism

leahhartjacobs's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was sad at times, silly at times, shocking at times. Really well written. I loved the narrative voice. Sad that this is non-fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, and Racism

nerdymamabooks's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Cultural appropriation