Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Por que eu não converso mais com pessoas brancas sobre raça by Reni Eddo-Lodge

17 reviews

bethanwx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading. Eddo-Lodge crafts a thorough exploration of racism in the UK through her personable narrative voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

gvstyris's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is the difference between racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power. 

An insightful novel, and one I will definitely be recommending to white friends and family going forward. Learning about British involvement in the slave trade and its history of police brutality was eye-opening and very worthwhile, so I'm glad I finally got around to giving this a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

lolasbooks12's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

withlivjones's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

An informative and eye-opening book that covers every single base when it comes to racism in Britain, from black history to the many flaws in the system to how racism intersects with feminism. Why are we not taught any of this at school?? Essential reading for white people so we can be true allies to people of colour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

narbine's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

gayelfboi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

lief_'s review against another edition

informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

i dont really have anything to say about a book like this, honestly. its something you can only learn from, rather than have sort of criticism on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Super informative, well written, and just really fantastic. I really loved learning more about Britain's role in the slave trade, since I feel like it's something that isn't really as discussed as the American side. Super engaging and bold, this book calls for change and I'm absolutely here for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Sexism

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

✨ Reread ✨

Now this is a PHENOMENAL book. It is hard hitting and informative. I had so many moments of anger and sadness throughout, but also a determination to address the prejudices I have in my own life. I have been struggling to find a sustainable way to address people’s racism, so Reni Eddo-Lodge talking about towards the end of the book that was impactful to me. I don’t feel that I have the eloquence to discuss what this book meant to me, so I’m including some of the text here that I really appreciated 😳

(Page 79) Opposing positive discrimination based on apprehensions about getting the best person for the job means inadvertently revealing what you think talent looks like, and the kind of person in which you think talent resides.

(Page 92) (White privilege) eases you into letting your guard down with white people, assured you’ll be taken seriously, but simultaneously not being surprised when a conversation highlights your differences against your white peers.

(Page 201) It’s worth questioning exactly who wins from the suggestion that the only working-class people worth of compassion are white, or that it’s black and ethnic minority people who are holding scant resources at the expense of white working-class people who are losing out.

A must read for anybody and everybody ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism