Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

27 reviews

btg's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

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Do yourself a favor and just read the book. Frankly, I don't think I have the words to describe how beneficial and eye-opening Kendi's book is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry

Minor: Mass/school shootings

Quick note on the content warnings -- this is a nonfiction book. Very few of these are explicitly described without the unpacking/dismantling of the reasons why it happens/what we can do about it, and I wouldn't strictly describe most of the content used as "graphic". It's definitely presented differently than a typical piece of media. That being said, be aware that this book covers heavy topics, probably because it's an antiracism book. Of course various types of prejudice are getting explored

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative slow-paced

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This book taught me a ton and I really enjoyed it as well.

Kendi does an excellent job interweaving historical examples, personal examples, and well-explained definitions into each chapter to teach about the many intersectionalities of racism and other -ims. 

My only complaint is that I felt the chapters on gender and sexuality were severely lacking compared to the rest of the book, and it was very noticeable that these were not up to par.

I felt this book taught a lot and I look forward to reading more of Kendi's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Police brutality

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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"Americans have long been trained to see the deficiencies of people rather than policy. It's a pretty easy mistake to make: People are in our faces. Policies are distant. We are particularly poor at seeing the policies lurking behind the struggles of people.”

Ibram Kendi takes a good hard look at racism in this book. He discussed how racism tries to turn the word "racist" into an epethet so racist people can be mad about being called racist, and speaks at length about fighting racist policies that create racial inequity. He also spends quite a lot of time examining his own racism (and other things like homophobia) in his past endeavors to fight racism and how he's learned from that. I recommend this read, but it may be hard for anyone who's lives have been touched by cancer (discussed in the ending). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality

alayamorning's review against another edition

3.5

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug use

schenkepanky's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Each chapter tackles a different type of racist power and policy - it's blended memoir and US history that challenges and overturns so many common and misguided tropes we carry about race. It's mostly about the history of Blacks in America, but the beginning chapters outlining his ideas about racism vs. active anti-racism (i.e., there is no such thing as passive "not racist") is universally applicable and necessary reading. 

I listened to the audio version narrated by the author. His narration is well done - stylized and slow at about 11 hours. Listening at about 1.5 speed felt about the pace of other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery

jhpepper's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief

gagne's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry