Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour by Ruby Hamad

18 reviews

emilia_digi's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

jaiari12's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism

meritm's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I've been wanting to read this for a while and finally got it from the library as an audiobook. First off, I'd like to mention that I thought the narrator was very well chosen. She did an excellent job and it was easy to follow her. The book divided into 8 chapters, each very interesting and for me eye-opening as I had previously had trouble understanding how deeply rooted in colonialism our stereotypes today are and how impossible it is to differentiate between racism and sexism when it comes to discrimination against women of colour. Ruby Hamad explained the historic origins and modern developments very well while giving a lot of examples. In about 7 hours she managed to go through several hundred years and almost all continents. Sometimes I did not understand how things she had mentioned before and the topic she was currently discussing fit together until the very end. 
Also, the title and cover of this book are so well chosen!! I thought this was very informative and a good pick for my "obligatory" non-fiction, educative read :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Classism

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

Hamad covers a lot of ground with this book--from history to representation in the media, from workplace conflict to current events. I was grateful to learn about this topic from someone who is both passionate and critical. As a reader, I think having subheadings would have helped me keep track of the topics being discussed, but in general, it's a book that I'll be processing and applying over time. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

lucilaroife's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War