Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'
Castas: As Origens do Nosso Descontentamento, by Isabel Wilkerson
44 reviews
kemrick19's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Classism
Moderate: Death of parent and Colonisation
grubloved's review against another edition
also weird that india's caste system is a selling point but is honestly barely present in the book, and that nazi germany is consistently held up as another state creating an underclass (the goal wasn't an underclass of jews. it was no more jews. this is not very analogous to a caste system).
the alpha wolf chapter was also absolutely atrocious and i think is a really good example of a lot of the problems i had with the text. it was really strange for the book to claim that racism's big downsides are largely that naturally superior people who happen to be in the wrong caste can't assume their rightful place as leaders, and that naturally inferior people who are in the upper caste should be allowed to be ruled by their betters ??? it continually seems to insist that hierarchy is not the problem, but that it is simply a wrong hierarchy and that we should adjust to follow a better natural order. just really really strange to read in a book about racism.
i really enjoyed the pillars of caste section but the rest of it just wasn't the indepth reading i was here for.
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Child death, Colonisation, Torture, Racism, and Murder
lizcastner's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Misogyny, Deportation, Antisemitism, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Xenophobia
griffnorby's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Torture, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Genocide
arthur_harris's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Police brutality, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Colonisation, Slavery, Blood, Medical trauma, Racism, Child death, and Murder
jess_westhafer's review against another edition
Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Antisemitism, Violence, Slavery, and Torture
pollyflorence's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Slavery, Genocide, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Racism
random19379's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery
youreawizardjerry's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent
madradstarchild's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Torture and Racism
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Genocide, Sexism, and Homophobia
Minor: War, Drug use, Classism, Ableism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Colonisation