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bethanwx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
gvstyris's review against another edition
4.0
This is the difference between racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power.
An insightful novel, and one I will definitely be recommending to white friends and family going forward. Learning about British involvement in the slave trade and its history of police brutality was eye-opening and very worthwhile, so I'm glad I finally got around to giving this a read.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism
lolasbooks12's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
withlivjones's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism
narbine's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism
gayelfboi's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment
lief_'s review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Ableism
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
mengzhenreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Sexism
sakisreads's review against another edition
5.0
Now this is a PHENOMENAL book. It is hard hitting and informative. I had so many moments of anger and sadness throughout, but also a determination to address the prejudices I have in my own life. I have been struggling to find a sustainable way to address people’s racism, so Reni Eddo-Lodge talking about towards the end of the book that was impactful to me. I don’t feel that I have the eloquence to discuss what this book meant to me, so I’m including some of the text here that I really appreciated 😳
(Page 79) Opposing positive discrimination based on apprehensions about getting the best person for the job means inadvertently revealing what you think talent looks like, and the kind of person in which you think talent resides.
(Page 92) (White privilege) eases you into letting your guard down with white people, assured you’ll be taken seriously, but simultaneously not being surprised when a conversation highlights your differences against your white peers.
(Page 201) It’s worth questioning exactly who wins from the suggestion that the only working-class people worth of compassion are white, or that it’s black and ethnic minority people who are holding scant resources at the expense of white working-class people who are losing out.
A must read for anybody and everybody ✨
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism