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Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America by Julia Lee
3 reviews
csutherlin3's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Police brutality, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Classism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Racism, and Slavery
sammies_shelf's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
In this book, Julia Lee weaves together personal narrative, history, and social criticism to paint a clear, sharp, nuanced look into coming of age as a second-generation Korean-American. She grapples with family history, racial identity, education, prejudice, and growing into a scholar/activist. One aspect of the book that is sticking with me is Lee's discovery of moving away from binary thinking in our activism as well as in our examination of ourselves. This is a compelling read with beautiful, emotional, personal voice as well as sharp criticism and reckoning. The audiobook is beautifully narrated by the author, and she does not hold back from letting us hear and feel her emotions.
Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio for the opportunity to listen to this audio ARC via Netgalley.
Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio for the opportunity to listen to this audio ARC via Netgalley.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Racial slurs, and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Slavery
hollyd19's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Julia Lee expertly harnesses her wholly warranted rage into a sharp reflection on life as a second-generation Korean American. She walks us through her childhood in California, highlighting tensions with her parents, microaggressions in an all-girls private school, and the radicalizing experience of the 1992 LA Riots. Drawing on her literary education, Lee layers her own experience onto a collage of the menacing & varied experiences of oppression encountered by BIPOC in America. This powerful book belongs alongside Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Undocumented Americans, Jesse Wente's Unreconciled, and Emi Nietfeld's Acceptance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Grief, and Police brutality
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Self harm
Minor: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, and Slavery
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