Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

A Liberdade é Uma Luta Constante: Ferguson, a Palestina e as Bases de um Movimento by Angela Y. Davis

20 reviews

trapdorr's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

This wasn’t it for me. I think I would have enjoyed it more if 1. I knew it was a collection of speeches/interviews before going in because I was expecting more structured novel sense and 2. If I physically read it instead of an audiobook. The beginning interview was a bit hard to follow audio wise and Angela’s cadence/pause at times felt distracting. There was so much info but most of it felt surface level and I wanted more depth. I did learn a handful of interesting facts especially about the Black Panther movement and G4S that I can now go independently look into further but I wish they were addresses in the books further instead. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Police brutality

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, War, and Classism

robinks's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I want to hear Davis speak SO BADLY. She so clearly illuminates connections between the international struggles against oppression. Chapter 8 was particularly impactful for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Deportation

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Islamophobia, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Antisemitism, and Deportation

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

While I love when the author reads their work for an audiobook, I think this one is best read in print. I will be on the lookout for a copy. It was a bit repetitive but otherwise very interesting and helpful. All our struggles are connected and this book gives evidence. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

grace_b_3's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

This book collects some of Davis’s speeches and essays, alongside interviews with her. Since all of the collected materials are from within the same time period, the book can feel a bit repetitive at times, but a lot of Davis’s points are still impactful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Deportation

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

picoledenaranja's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

An amazing book to get you thinking about international solidarity. Easy to read, informative and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and War

juleseliasw's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

ms_mitchell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is a very political book dealing with intersectionality. I don't agree with everything she says, but I respect her and especially how much she updated her attitudes with the times particularly in terms of gender. She is the the exact opposite of the "Ok, Boomer". .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

booksandteatime's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and War

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is incredible - I am going to need my own copy to review and annotate. There were so many different important points that Davis made that I would like to note down, so many quotes that I would like to let mull in my brain, so many connections that are extremely relevant in our current moment - even though most of this text was written around a decade ago. Some key points that resonated with me quite a bit (and that kept coming up) were: the distinction between civil rights and freedom, the idea of what a terrorist is (and the political slant inherent in that word), the way that collectives of black women have long been a force of change in this country, and how to build an international struggle and get people relating to problems that seem abstract and far away. 

If I were only reviewing the text, this would easily be 5 stars. But since I listened to it as an audiobook, I feel like I should point out that the interview section is a bit confusing because it is ALL read by Davis, and sometimes it's difficult to tell when she is reading the interviewer's questions versus her own answers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia