Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Castas: As Origens do Nosso Descontentamento by Isabel Wilkerson

52 reviews

shoshin's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Sometimes, it's easiest to understand what is happening around you by finding a way to step outside it to describe it. Wilkerson does that brilliantly with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism and Classism

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

nexusgoblin's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape and Murder

arthur_harris's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This book pulls absolutely no punches. It lays out the facts of its subject matter with a kind of frank, unflinching look at the truth that is so constantly softened and blunted in history. Deeply, grimly informative on the true history of the Black experience in the United States. A harsh reality check for those - like me - who grew up with a whitewashed view of American history. While this book is a difficult read in many ways, that is part of what makes it such a necessary one. It forces the reader to examine the deeply ingrained racism baked into the foundation of America, and the subsequent role of the (non-Black) reader in that racist system. An absolutely vital piece of literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

jess_westhafer's review against another edition

I felt like I got everything out of this book I was going to in the pages I read. The ideas started to seem redundant, and I didn’t feel the need to keep going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wintermote's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A very sobering look at the caste system in the United States and similarities between that of India and Nazi Germany. An excellent blend of storytelling about those affected by the system, the authors own experiences, and facts/data that is related. I was horrified to read about it a racist incident/situation that took place in my own town…that lasted for decades. We all have a lot of work to do in understanding our history, lamenting, and working for change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, and Murder

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

madradstarchild's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Torture

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Rape, Colonisation, War, and Classism

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, War, and Classism

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder