Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

15 reviews

nicmgray's review

challenging informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Likely going to come back to this book in the future because there’s so much here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aducharme4's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, and War

elmcee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

pookiee's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I am so much more informed having read this.

Everyone should read this since the effects of USA’s intervention in foreign democracies are still seen everywhere. My fellow Americans especially can benefit from it as it’s a huge part of our recent history that is missing from our curriculum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, and War

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape

roy_gorbison's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Sexual violence, and Torture

knenigans's review

fast-paced

4.5

I know why we didn't learn about this in school but, yikes, I can't believe we didn't learn about this in school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War

lillyrb's review

informative slow-paced

5.0

This book was incredibly well written and informative. In many ways reading this book was horrifying because it made me realise how little I know about certain political events. The events described are horrifying but everyone should know about them. The stories relayed here showcase the power of political propaganda and radicalisation and the corrupt nature of Western involvement in international politics. Not being educated on the impact the covert and open involvement of the West has had in other countries creates the opportunity for ignorance to be exploited. We should all be aware of what governments are doing so we can ensure they are held accountable for their actions and do not abuse their power to incite mass violence and further their own agendas.

The book has many mentions of war, colonialism, violence, kidnapping, sexual violence and slavery. None of it is very graphic but it can be very uncomfortable and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and War

cinnaminskies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

random19379's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War