Reviews tagging 'Racism'

On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg

6 reviews

maxthefish's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence

masarukt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Antisemitism, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

An incredible book that can, if we have the courage to let it, transform the way we look at addressing the harms we've done - as individuals, institutions, and even nations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

streberkatze's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, and Sexual assault

bookcasey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is one of those books that changes who you want to be. I know I'll be reading it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Note: I have included warnings as moderate, not graphic because the themes are very serious but there are rarely graphic depictions of violence (notable exception: lynching imagery is briefly mentioned as part of a memorial museum visit). Some might even consider these to fall under the Minor category, as they are mostly descriptions. The author includes some content warnings in the introduction and at the beginning of chapters and encourages you to skip if you need to. I want to emphasize that the book frequently discusses and mentions topics of violence and trauma, but as general topics with some narrative examples of microaggressions or events following the key event. There are of course content warnings I may have missed or forgotten.

webb_beb's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual harassment