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The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole, Desmond Cole
2 reviews
sunsetcity's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
This book was super informative and really opened my eyes to the racial discrimination in Canada. I was never one of those people who thought Canada had no racism or problems, but there were so many cases and incidents that I have NEVER heard of and I have lived here my entire life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Transphobia, and Violence
liteartha's review against another edition
challenging
informative
this was incredibly eye opening and a book i honestly think should be required reading for canadians, especially those who preach canadian exceptionalism in the face of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in the US
white canadians have a massive problem of pretending we don’t have the same problems that exist south of the border. nothing has ever highlighted that fact to me more clearly than first hearing of the murder of a mentally ill Black man committed by the police — which occurred within a few minutes’ walking distance from my home — in this book. that is a massive failure both of mine, for not being better informed, and of local media and culture for not shining the same light it does on killings of this kind in the US
canadians, by and large, do not talk about this. canadians point the finger at the states and disparage their violently racist law enforcement while voicing relief that “things are much better here” as if we aren’t two sides of the same coin
canada is a deeply racist, ableist, queer- and transphobic country. our police are the perpetrators of the same violence we scorn in the US while ignoring at home. the intersectional lens this book employs while still remaining focused on the Black experience within canada was a revelation to me and will inform how i seek, receive, and act on news going forward. cole's journalistic background lends itself extremely well to this format, and his narration of the audiobook is clear and compelling. i can’t recommend this more highly
white canadians have a massive problem of pretending we don’t have the same problems that exist south of the border. nothing has ever highlighted that fact to me more clearly than first hearing of the murder of a mentally ill Black man committed by the police — which occurred within a few minutes’ walking distance from my home — in this book. that is a massive failure both of mine, for not being better informed, and of local media and culture for not shining the same light it does on killings of this kind in the US
canadians, by and large, do not talk about this. canadians point the finger at the states and disparage their violently racist law enforcement while voicing relief that “things are much better here” as if we aren’t two sides of the same coin
canada is a deeply racist, ableist, queer- and transphobic country. our police are the perpetrators of the same violence we scorn in the US while ignoring at home. the intersectional lens this book employs while still remaining focused on the Black experience within canada was a revelation to me and will inform how i seek, receive, and act on news going forward. cole's journalistic background lends itself extremely well to this format, and his narration of the audiobook is clear and compelling. i can’t recommend this more highly
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
Minor: Torture
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