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Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

19 reviews

seulgireads's review

informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Minor: Cursing and Racial slurs

plainpaige's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Given that Baddiel's a comedian, I expected this to be more light-hearted and funny, though after reading it, it's abundantly clear that the subject matter is simply not comedic and should not be treated as such. Like any polemic, it makes a strong case for its point, that antisemitism is treated by and large as a lesser form of racism, and when considerations are made regarding the victims of racism, Jewish people are often left out of the discussions. As a Gentile, in a society seemingly in a period of accelerating antisemitism, I appreciated and probably needed this first-person account of one man's attempt to use his platform to remind the world of the victims of antisemitism and what can happen if we don't work to actively combat it and other forms of racism. 
Well-written, though the eBook format made reading the footnotes challenging. I found it to be a fairly slow read, due mostly to the heavy subject matter that required a good deal of reflection on my part. Worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Bullying

bethvance's review

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Antisemitism

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Genocide, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

gracer0sew's review

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Hate crime

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Genocide, and Mental illness

readingatthemuseum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Minor: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and War

moththem's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

David Baddiel does an incredible job of putting into context the continued anti-Jewish racist rhetoric that exists in both the digital and real world. He highlights how pervasive this long history of anti-semitism is, and really drives home the point of how easily it is dismissed as “not as bad” as other forms of racism. Although I was already aware of how malicious and prominent anti-semitism is, I think Baddiel explains in an brilliant level of detail (that still remains humorous and easy-to-read) why this anti-Jewish hate persists and how it continually sneaks through the cracks into all spaces. Amazing work and a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and Racial slurs

amyayeme's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

lauryngreen's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

Where do I even begin with this book? I won’t lie, I picked it up because it was short and I wanted a short read but holy hell. I want to recommend this book to everyone. Every progressive who has ever insisted that #JewsDon’tCount, every person who claims to stand for freedom - unless that freedom is for the Jews, everyone on Twitter who feels entitled to know every Jew’s opinion on Palestine. This book should be mandatory reading before you’re allowed to sign up for a Twitter account. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, War, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Throughout, this book touches on a lot of themes of antisemitism and racism, and what that means to different people. It calls upon recent (and not so recent) instances of these bigotries, which are challenging to read.

heliotropia's review

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and Racial slurs