Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
10 reviews
wifeslife's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Genocide, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child death, Death, Deportation, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
jaiari12's review
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Racism, Classism, Police brutality, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Racial slurs
rachbake's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Rape, Slavery, Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, and Murder
juliana18's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Racial slurs, Child death, and Child abuse
madradstarchild's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Hate crime
Moderate: Genocide, Death, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Confinement
Minor: Child death, War, Torture, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape
caseythereader's review
5.0
- I learned a lot from this book: even if you're read a lot of history and antiracist literature, there's still more to excavate, and Smith brings it all up.
- Smith's inclusion of his personal experiences while visiting the sites in this book keep it from becoming a dry historical text. It does exactly what the sites are trying to do: bring the past into the present because it has never left us, as much as many of us try to pretend it has.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Torture, and War
sarahaf712's review
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia
Infanticideerica_palmisano's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
jspring's review
Minor: Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Kidnapping
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
While the book deals with serious historical topics, it is also a story about his personal experiences visiting these places, and it flows like a narrative in many ways. Smith is a beautiful writer and poet, and this book is never dry or boring in any way. I felt fully captivated by it in a way that feels rare in nonfiction (outside of memoirs).
I learned so much from this book—so much that I wish was taught to me in school, that I wish was taught to everyone. I learned history that informs my opinions on mass incarceration, the Civil War, constitutional law, Wall Street, the Emancipation Proclamation, capitalism, colonization, and more. I took a lot of notes (and screenshots) while reading this book, and I don't know where to begin trying to include them in a review like this. But here are a couple quotes that stood out to me:
"oppression is never about humanity or lack thereof. It is, and always has been, about power."
"In 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Black Americans owned only 0.5 percent of the total wealth in the United States. Today, that number has barely increased: Black people own about 1-1.5 percent of the nation's wealth. Despite the role Black Americans played in generating this country's wealth, they don't have access to the vast majority of it."
"I do not yet have all the words to discuss a crime that is still unfolding."
I normally say things like "people interested in (blank) should read this," or, "I would highly recommend this book to anyone," but this time I'm going to directly recommend this book to you. You, specifically, whoever is reading this—you should read How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith, as soon as possible.
Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown and Company for the chance to review this ARC.
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Confinement, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault