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mugsandmanuscripts's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Cursing
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism
jojo_'s review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia
reader_in_the_meadow's review against another edition
4.5
The book is constructed of Praise for Ijeoma Oluo and so you want to talk about race, a preface, seventeen chapters, acknowledgements, notes and a discussion guide,
Each chapter starts with the autor recounting an experience from her personal history or the wider history of african american citizens and is followed by an explanation of the topic talked about in the specific chapter. Every chapter following the first one builts up on the knowledge, you, the reader obtains in the previous chapters.
by giving the reader first the chance to read of a real experience of an african american or person of color the reader will themselves expirience that and will afterwards have a critical look on the problematic shown in the example.
The writing is very emotional, which is likely to stem from the personal feelings the author has fo the problematic talked in the book. It helps the reader to also get personal with the things said.
Still, some parts of the book were a bit harder to read, due to higher language/words, that were used.
I really liked how the individual chapters were intertwined and built up on each previous one. And having the chance to read about the heartbreaking experiences was very interesting and emotional.
What I didn't like though, was that the book was very american-centered which was not that advantaging for me, a german reader. I would have liked a more international take on the talk about the problematic.
I also thought that the length of the book was a bit lacking. While still being very informative, I think that such a complicated and deep-rooted topic, such as racism and racial oppresion is, definitely needs way more pages to be fully covered.
For me personally this book changed how I see racism and the concept of race. There are things I did, and sadly, still do, that are in fact racistic or microaggressions. It also helped me see how I cam be an even better ally to all non-white people and their fight for equality.
In conclusion, this book is a very important book in our time and society and should be read by many more people all around the world, not only BIPOC or AAPI/API people, but also by white people from all age groups, to educate them on racism and racial oppression.
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
andrewhatesham's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved that each chapter was structured so that we got to read a personal anecdote from her life, which progressed into an explanation of what the topic could look like from another's point of view, and finally to what actions we could take to either fight the issue or incite change.
This book is an incredibly valuable resource, and one I will think about for a long time. I plan to purchase a copy of my own (I borrowed it from the library for this first read) so I can mark it up and refer back to it frequently. This book is a must-read; everyone can learn something from it.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, and Fatphobia