Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

15 reviews

liveandrew's review

4.0

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic

jerbarger's review against another edition

4.75

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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This book is well put together in the way Dr. Kendi is able to concisely explain history, how it applies to today, and also interweave his own story and  how he learned these things  (this  humanizes him too, and shows he’s made mistakes, which helps readers be more open to it themselves. Def not preachy even though it could have been!). I would say the only thing that could have improved is more actionable steps on how to be antiracist. I understand we need to work to dismantle racist power, but how do we actually do that? It’s not working so far, and it feels like things have only gotten worse since this book was published. I definitely learned a lot, don’t get me wrong, I just wish I learned how to be antiracist and not just think like one. But maybe that’s the first step??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

b3ck3tt's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia

Minor: Cancer, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder

ballher's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder

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

siobhanward's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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NYT Notable Books 2019: 14/100

This was a solid read and intro to the concept of antiracism. I appreciated the range of topics Kendi covered, and the amount of intersectionality he acknowledged. I thought he approached topics in a way that makes them accessible to someone who may be coming in with little or no knowledge. It's interesting to see though how much has already changed since this book was written (not in a good way unfortunately). Five years is a long time in the history of the world I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism

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

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

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

anniereads221's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail