fluoresensitive's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
The Delectable Negro ending with a reminder that queer Black people have always been here, we brought this shit over from the motherland; there have always been gay people, bi people, lesbians, trans people, we have always had a fluid and multitextured relationship with gender and sexuality pre-christianity/pre-colonialism, and I am THRILLED! Everyone needs to read this book, everyone needs to have their noggins ROCKED, like deal with the levels and layers of homoeroticism and cannibalism, the destruction of the black body through the erasing (or eating...) of history, get into the sensual and reproductive (ahem, the fecundity) of the Black anus AH! Have your gourd BLASTED!
marshyacinthus's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
i almost didn’t finish this but not because it was bad; it became too much for me at parts. consumption of black bodies being both metaphorical and literal was such a violent thing to come to real terms with.
18soft_green's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
I really appreciated this book and would recommend it to everyone with a strong enough stomach. The writing was pretty straightforward and blunt which I liked. It was, of course, informative and highlighted some racial bias and racism I have to work on. There were moments I was incredibly uncomfortable, not just because of the abuse we whites have put BIPOC through but because of how I recognized some of myself inside their assumptions. The abuse was awful and so much worse than I had anticipated. The book made me address some of my core beliefs about human nature and how people see each other. I believe this to be a good thing as it helps me to be a better supporter of the Black community but I am uncomfortable with how absolutely wrong and disgusting the way white people viewed BIPOC and how that is rooted in me in some ways. I plan to read this again in a year or so.
4.75/5, would recommend!
4.75/5, would recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Body horror, Colonisation, Violence, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Torture
Moderate: Infertility, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
mirandaroo89's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence