Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

10 reviews

jaiari12's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Stunning. Should be required reading. 

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Content Warnings

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

sydapel's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Part history compilation, part piece of journalism and partly the authors own reflections, but primarily I was fascinated by how Smith keeps coming back to how we teach others about slavery, both in America and abroad. A lot of the images described in this book, as well as the writing, will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Rape, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Minor: Police brutality

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Thoroughly researched with an extensive bibliography. A must-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and War

belle2008's review

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Racism, Death, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

paigeno's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

erica_palmisano's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Thoughtfully framed, well-narrated, personal yet very relatable, this book is a great entry in the Rethinking American Racism canon. I hope it inspires a lot more ways/instances of sharing the history of slavery in the US. 

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Content Warnings

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

arlangrey17's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Confinement

annuich's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This took me a while to read not because it’s boring but only because each page or paragraph I read makes want to sit and reflect on everything I’ve learned in high school textbooks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

aargot1's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Violence, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: Police brutality