Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

5 reviews

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

jainabee's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book is excellent. The best gift I've received in ages. A gift in the sense that the author is quite generous in what he offers here. I got it in the Banned Books Box subscription. A friend of mine saw me reading it and said, "Why would that be banned?" Well, because it talks honestly —and from lived experience— about racism—and the many ways that denying that racism exists continues to perpetuate racism and white supremacy. I hope that I may appreciate this gift by taking what I've learned and applying it in my life. Thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Slavery

Of course these content warnings are directly related to the topic of the book, and is entirely appropriate in this context. The publishers list it as "for ages 12 and up." I wish I had read this when I was 12.

maple_dove's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book includes conversations around racism, cultural appropriation, microaggressions, white supremacy, white privilege, white women's tears, mass incarceration, and much more.

Recommended for any white person. . . or anyone, really. I learned a lot from reading this book too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Death and Xenophobia

Microaggressions (Graphic)

knunderb's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

This book is a good start for folks who are starting their anti racism journey. Occasionally, Joseph ventures into sounding like he's bragging about his debate prowess, which I found a little annoying. This book's tone is also best suited, in my opinion, for people in their late teens to 20s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs

paperandkindness's review

challenging funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Bullying and Police brutality