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You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin
4 reviews
bookishmillennial's review
I really think this is required reading for people who like to spout off ignorantly that we are a “post racial” society 🫠
Amber and Lacey so graciously share mostly stories from Lacey’s lived experience as a Black woman in North Omaha, Nebraska, ranging from childhood stories to the present! I listened to the audiobook and felt like I was chatting with friends, so I highly recommend that. However, there are some photos they include in the digital or physical copy that are probably worth looking through when they reference those!
I think it’s important to commiserate and lament on shit that has happened to you and like they said, naming it what it is (racist) and speaking up about these encounters is important and needed. Black joy is absolutely important and needs to be centered more (and the story where their mom tells all of the schoolteachers that the chubby crayons are indeed Lacey’s was EXTREMELY satisfying), but we can’t let everything slip into oblivion and ignorance when it comes to the way racism still operates in this country. It is not a thing of the past, and it cannot be confronted if we do not speak up. I appreciate Lacey and Amber so much for writing this book, and I will continue to read whatever they write or go to any live shows if they ever have them!
Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Classism, Toxic friendship, Racism, Slavery, and Police brutality
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
madisonfrank's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Stalking
bencaroline's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Stalking, and Bullying
Minor: Racial slurs, Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Cursing, Confinement, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse