Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

14 reviews

mermaidread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

chickelope's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

meredithgweiss's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

madkat37's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

This an absolute must read… shocking and incredibly informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bgirl1214's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

phonte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

incredibly powerful book. If the content of the book wasn't saturated with technical knowledge I would recommend for everyone to read this book. It truthfully goes to show how biases/behaviors that exist within cultures don't populate overnight and simmer through generations. I commend Ms. Washington for compiling all the evidence that probably took tens of years to obtain and collecting accounts from individuals that were effected.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yalibrarianjen's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

valkyriejmu's review

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This book is informative. It is also depressing AF. I added all the content warnings, but it serves a purpose, it's not just a warning of triggers. This is what has been done to African Americans throughout history in the name of science (in most cases) and I think it's important to know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder