Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

23 reviews

emflipspages's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, Police brutality

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative medium-paced

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I read this book as part of the ABC book challenge. I am glad I picked this one.  It is a must read and I couldn't put it down. I love how he frames his talking points and his thesis.

I liked the ending  allegory of racism to cancer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Police brutality

Minor: Transphobia

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

horrorandscience's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia

rickjones's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative reflective tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Classism

felicity2023's review against another edition

4.25

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality

Minor: Transphobia

rieviolet's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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I am really a beginner when it comes to reading about racism and other aspects of social justice, so this book was a very important read for me and helped me a lot to understand better, to learn more and to reflect, even when that meant difficult and painful reflections. 

Overall, I think the book was very accessible and easy to follow, although some of the ideas and themes included certainly need time to sink in and to be digested. 

I enjoyed the narrative choice of alternating  personal experiences and explanatory/reflective segments. It was really fascinating to follow the author's own journey and to see it reflected in the themes included in the chapter. 
I very much enjoyed the historical sections and I look forward to expanding my reading and my knowledge of these topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, War

jellybean53's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Colonisation

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