Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

62 reviews

seregelda's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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CW: death, cancer, drug addiction, r*pe mentions, fatphobia, r*pe description, shooting, enslavement, eugenics, n word, misogyny, transphobia

Eye-opening for sure.  I'm still struggling with some racist thoughts apparently, and unfortunately.  

I disagree with his assessment of what an activist is. In Chapter 16, he defines "Activist: one who has a record of power or policy change."  I have little to no power but I try to be an activist in any small way I can as a disabled person.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape

Moderate: Death, Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia

kapahl's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

amy_q13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

kkulhannie's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

jillaay_h's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Colonisation

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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This is a book I have had on my radar for a while, and I’m glad I finally picked it up. I really enjoyed the side notes the author gives throughout the book of edits he’s made to the original text and why. I think it’s a reminder that we all have the ability to make a conscious effort to shift our focus and thoughts when we may not be totally correct. I am wanting to continue to learn, grown, change, adapt, and whatever else I need to do in order to be a better person with all of the people around me and around the world. Being conscious of how I could be and have been racially biased in my thoughts and decisions and understanding that I can continue to make an effort to be better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Police brutality

emalderwood's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

shellroch285's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

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As an aspiring educator, I learned so much from this text about how I need to reflect on my practices and intentions. I love how Kendi emphasizes the importance of anti-racist policy over anti-racist education because only the former will definitively bring about positive change. This is an amazing, reframing read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism

Moderate: Death

maggiejean's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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So enlightening and informative. I am recommending this to everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Slavery, Cultural appropriation