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The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
12 reviews
vanesst's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery
spec_tacles's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
demonbaby's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Sexual assault
mandkips's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Genocide and Torture
angelinazahajko's review against another edition
4.0
the skin we’re in by Desmond Cole serves a very important purpose: to dismantle the widespread illusion that Canada is post-racial and does not support white supremacist structures and ideals like our Southern neighbours. It’s bold and punchy; it’s a wake-up call for Canadians and a love letter to Canada’s Black activists.
It is undeniable that Cole succeeded in his goal of dismantling Canadian illusions about anti-black racism. While I was aware of many of the cases within this book, I was also unaware of the details — gory details that Cole does not shy away from and add power to his narrative. for this, I give Cole massive credit; however, where this book fell flat for me was it’s structure. it looks genius on paper: each chapter dedicated to a month of black resistance in Toronto? so creative! but, besides months June-October, I felt that this structure actually hindered the book’s flow because often there either a) wasn’t enough to talk about in a month, resulting in a couple unrelated stories put into a chapter or b) the event that did occur required a lot of context that took you out of the action in order to explain. I wanted to be enamoured by this book but, by the time I finished it, I was okay with my reading experience being over.
I still would argue that this book is essential reading for GTA residents who buy into the delusion outlined earlier, especially because there are so little books that exist on anti-black racism in Canada compared to the American literature. for me, this might just be a classic case of unjustifiably high expectations and that’s okay!
Graphic: Racism and Sexual assault
caelinsullivan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality
whatcassiedid's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Sexual assault
ferretspies's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture
amberinbookland's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder
sunsetcity's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder