Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Une colère noire : Lettre à mon fils by Ta-Nehisi Coates

5 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

Wow oh wow. As Coates writes to his son, he details how community and connection shape his understanding of racism and cultural norms. As he moves from childhood in Baltimore, to Chicago, Paris and more, he tells tales of everything from reactions to famous deaths of Black people like Trayvon Martin to an argument on an escalator. This book is oh so slow, as memoirs tend to be, but its worth it. The way he writes to his son is so touching and the stories he tells are heartbreaking but beautiful. The last chapter with Mrs. Jones really got me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jeggert10's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Classism

ksooxvii's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

Definitely a must read to gain a better perspective of the Black Experience in the U.S. A way for me to branch and educate myself of how my black brothers and sisters go through in the world. Even if they reach a goal outside of what’s expected, they still feel the discrimination and racism from people’s unconscious biases. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Police brutality

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

“The entire narrative of this country argues against the truth of who you are.”

This should be required reading. It’s a bit dense, and, despite being very short, takes some time to read and absorb. The stream of consciousness prose can be a little off putting to some, but if you take the time to move through this slowly it really adds to it. Heavy. Hard-hitting and deeply moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Classism

cpchester's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation