Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

30 reviews

eelizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, Genocide, Confinement, Racism, Murder, Classism, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Colonisation

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

The content in this is heavy. It’s not heavy in terms of graphic content but heavy in the sense of how much injustice and racism has existed long before the United States even became a nation in the first place. It took me a longer time than usual to absorb the words. I felt a jumble of emotions as I was reminded of the countless unnecessary deaths of Black and Brown individuals who had done nothing wrong except to exist on a planet that is against them.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

bsmulca's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, and Racism

lizziaha's review against another edition

informative

4.0

This book made a huge contribution to the shifting of my worldview. I highly recommend this book for a more complete understanding of race in America. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Racism, Gun violence, and Drug use

emmablue's review against another edition

4.5

every american should read this book. the information is essential.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, and Slavery

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

One of the most important books to read if you are an American. Or belong to one of the countries that has a police system heavily based on the American police system. This book should be part of a mandator  reading list for college. I listened to the audio book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Slavery

Minor: Addiction

stardustmelody's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

2.0

Given that the book is over a decade old, it's not surprising that's it's already out-of-date. This is a very in-depth look at a very narrow problem - specifically, how has the war of drugs been used to alienate black men from mainstream American society? It does have a place in an anti-racist library, but I wouldn't put it at the top of the to-read queue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Drug use, Police brutality, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Violence and Deportation

aprilpie's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Police brutality, Violence, Racism, and Slavery

sarahrosea's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Police brutality, and Drug use

Moderate: War, Violence, and Police brutality

random19379's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Genocide, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Slavery and Ableism