Reviews
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
ofbooksandtrees's review against another edition
5.0
Read October 2023
To quote Angela Davis's introduction:
"This book dares us not to turn away. It challenges us to acknowledge the human dimension of this violence, which should not be effaced in abstract statistical accounts."
A difficult but powerful book. One I had to take my time with, read in between other books as it is A LOT. Especially the chapter Policing Motherhood hit me hard (which I kinda wasn't expecting as I'm not a mom, nor do I want to be.)
Richie did a great job at highlighting all the different intersections of race, gender & sexual orientation, class, and disability. For me personally at times it did lean maybe a bit too academic, but not to the point of inaccessibility.
To quote Angela Davis's introduction:
"This book dares us not to turn away. It challenges us to acknowledge the human dimension of this violence, which should not be effaced in abstract statistical accounts."
A difficult but powerful book. One I had to take my time with, read in between other books as it is A LOT. Especially the chapter Policing Motherhood hit me hard (which I kinda wasn't expecting as I'm not a mom, nor do I want to be.)
Richie did a great job at highlighting all the different intersections of race, gender & sexual orientation, class, and disability. For me personally at times it did lean maybe a bit too academic, but not to the point of inaccessibility.
candelibri's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Should be required reading
nat_montego's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Death, and Genocide
blaisef's review against another edition
Too academic, felt like it was a string of statistics listed together.
gingerrachelle's review against another edition
4.5
Necessary reading if you are on a PIC abolition journey. This is not a book about what we need to do or how to do it. It's simply laying out the ways in which the criminal law system and PIC work against groups we don't often think about. Andrea J Ritchie is a powerhouse in the PIC abolition world so when she writes something I read it. If you are new to the abolition world I think this is required reading.
jg12389's review against another edition
5.0
This is a hard book to read. To bear witness to so many stories of indefensible police violence against women, girls, femmes, and gender-nonconforming people of color is not light reading. However, this is also an eye-opening and hopeful book. We can make this world safer for people of color, especially women and girls, and the stories of organizations and people and activists working to make real change and save/improve lives gives me so much encouragement and motivation to keep fighting police brutality even when it seems hopeless and these important stories are rendered invisible or at least less visible than other stories. I really appreciated the intersectionality of discussing the unique but connected struggles of Black women, sex workers, transgender people, immigrants, Latinx people, and Asian women and girls as well. This is required reading!
danicapage's review against another edition
4.0
A heavy but desperately needed book. Women and girls are too often left out of the criminal justice realm and the books on the topic.
This book primarily deals with Black women but also talks about Latina, Indigenous, and Asian women as well. And trans women too.
Sexual violence at the hands of the police is not talked about enough and is a huge problem.
A very thought-provoking book.
This book primarily deals with Black women but also talks about Latina, Indigenous, and Asian women as well. And trans women too.
Sexual violence at the hands of the police is not talked about enough and is a huge problem.
A very thought-provoking book.
remigves's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0