Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

8 reviews

sas_ram's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Deportation, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Minor: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, War, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Bullying, and Homophobia

braggsy's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Ableism, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Slavery, Sexual assault, Classism, and Mental illness

lucyeanderson's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

this is an incredibly insightful book, and one i’m really glad i read. baddiel brings up a lot of really important points, particularly about racism in left wing spaces. it felt like it jumped from one point to another a lot, but overall i think its a very important book for everyone to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War, Violence, and Colonisation

jaconnolly's review

informative reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Sexual violence, and Slavery

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

ezzab126's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This is a really interesting look into how society, specifically the section that self-proclaim themselves to be the progressive left, view and treat anti-Semitism as a less form of racism despite it being endemic in that section of society. It uses sources that aren’t just academic but rather more colloquial examples such as Twitter to present peoples lassiez faire attitude. 

Hugely thought provoking delve not just into a specific case of racism but the human/societal psyche as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Antisemitism

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