Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

5 reviews

emily_sophies's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Some parts focused a lot on the law and the supreme court. I think they were a very relevant part of the book, especially considering the current political climate and the US Supreme Court. But I had heard of most of the central cases already and so I was able to follow the arguments. People who are unfamiliar with the US supreme court and landmark cases however, might struggle with the case names and the descriptions of the different courts and judges. I had to reread a lot paragraphs in these section a couple of times. I am a nonnative English speaker tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

kerttuli's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Minor: Slavery and Religious bigotry

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

This book was slow paced but had interesting information that will be particularly helpful for framing my dissertation. The idea that white people are enraged (knowingly or not) by the advancement of Black people supports the lack of investment in the education of Black children in this country. It also supports the rise of the Donald Trump era and everything that MAGA stands for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

c100's review

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, and Classism

ldandridge's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

Interesting & informative, but overall not particularly insightful or life-changing. The quality of the writing  isn't stellar, and I think that a book of this undertaking - tracing the white backlash to gains made by Black Americans from the Emancipation Proclamation through Obama's presidency - needs more than 160 pages. The afterword to the paperback edition was good, and the book would certainly feel very incomplete without it. That said, it was interesting to see this arc laid out over nearly 200 years of history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Slavery and Religious bigotry