Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

16 reviews

cady_sass's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Brief but poignant and hard-hitting. This could’ve been a 5 star read for me but it got a bit preachy for my liking - I can appreciate that the author is clearly deeply rooted in her faith and that the church is an important part of her life, but at a certain point the heavy focus on Christianity takes away from the message. I suppose this may be written specifically for a Christian audience and that it’s highly effective there. For me, not so much. But if you can parse out the religious dialogue there’s much to be gleaned here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, and Death

mraddd's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Slavery

kieraanne9's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Grief, Police brutality, and Slavery

Minor: Bullying

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Death, Slavery, and Child death

Minor: Bullying and Grief

nabaraditi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Bullying and Grief

morganperks's review

informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Child death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Death, and Police brutality

Minor: Bullying, Colonisation, and Grief

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was so amazingly written. It bled with her heart and soul. She conveyed her messages so well And I love that she wrote interludes for herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Slavery

Minor: Bullying

anger566's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Death