Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Por qué no hablo con blancos sobre racismo by Reni Eddo-Lodge

6 reviews

fatfrog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, and Cultural appropriation

glittery_phoenix's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

This is an incredible, world-view shifting book that should be an essential read for every Brit. 

It conceptualises terms like race, racism, prejudice, colourism, intersectionality and institutional racism..... But it does so in a way that is not only digestible to the reader but creates a tangible mental map of how everything is connected. 

Touching on topics from history- the Atlantic slave trade to individual cases of assault, police brutality and injustice. This helps to explain the bigger picture of how things came to be, but also cultural turning points that had huge influence on the culture of Britian.

As someone from Liverpool I was very aware of our city's dark past with slavery, but the way Reni brings to life this history is brilliantly insightful while still rightfully difficult to learn about. 

I felt privileged to be taken on the journey of the author from her childlike innocence up to the empowering and beautifully eloquent woman she is at the time of writing. 

No review can do this justice, I can only implore you to read it. If it makes you uncomfortable then that is all the more reason to not shift your gaze. This book should be essential reading for every British person and anyone, of any race, who cares about understanding life experiences outside their own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

timetotalkbeauty's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Cultural appropriation

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

i dont really have anything to say about a book like this, honestly. its something you can only learn from, rather than have sort of criticism on.

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Content Warnings

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

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

meganamelia's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism