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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
informative
3.0
Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land by Sven Lindqvist
hopeful
informative
4.0
absolutely feels like the other side of the coin of "exterminate all the brutes", and i highly recommend reading them both close together. personally, i think this one is better, which seems to be putting me in the minority of reviewers.
focuses heavily on the anthropology side of things. and anyone who spent any time studying that field knows that the forefathers were all ridiculous racist white men who didn't so much try to learn about other societies, as prove their own theories on said societies, which they mostly based on, i don't know, vibes. lindqvist does a great job of showing us all the big names of early anthro & their ideas, and then undermining them in a few succinct sentences.
it's definitely a book on genocide, with all the questions that brings. is genocide carried out only by direct violence? what about bringing new diseases, striping the peoples of their culture & resources, brainwashing them into hating their very roots?
focuses heavily on the anthropology side of things. and anyone who spent any time studying that field knows that the forefathers were all ridiculous racist white men who didn't so much try to learn about other societies, as prove their own theories on said societies, which they mostly based on, i don't know, vibes. lindqvist does a great job of showing us all the big names of early anthro & their ideas, and then undermining them in a few succinct sentences.
it's definitely a book on genocide, with all the questions that brings. is genocide carried out only by direct violence? what about bringing new diseases, striping the peoples of their culture & resources, brainwashing them into hating their very roots?
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
challenging
informative
5.0
a great critique of colonialism and a discussion on how decolonisation should ideally work (which is not creating a third europe)
obviously deals heavily with racism, including in a scientific setting, and describes in detail torture, abuse & sexual violence
obviously deals heavily with racism, including in a scientific setting, and describes in detail torture, abuse & sexual violence