Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

2 reviews

uranaishi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Police brutality, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Transphobia, War, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mmccombs's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Such an imaginative and inspiring read! I’ve been in some abolitionist spaces for a little bit now, but have not been completely “bought in” or felt very informed. This is a fantastic and well researched intro to abolition, it’s intersectional and approachable and clearly lays out why abolition and why now. I particularly loved the chapters on disability and climate change, those are topics that I never thought about in relation to prison/police abolition but opened up a whole new way of thinking for me. I had some issues with its organization, I sometimes felt lost in the beginning particularly just because I couldn’t identify the theme or roadmap for any given chapter. I also noticed quite a few typos, which doesn’t take away from the content but might just mean it could use another edit. I think this is a must read, it synthesizes so much information into a digestible and accessible book. Loved it and highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia