Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'
Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.
9 reviews
soupsswagreads's review
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Hate crime
cookie_khumalo's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs
Minor: Misogyny and Violence
darkanddreary's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Slavery, and War
notthatcosta's review against another edition
4.25
My knowledge of American history has many gaps, so the additional context offered by this book around the North/South divide was very insightful.
Despite it being very slow-paced and dense, I found myself getting much more into the book as it progressed, particularly from his late teens onwards. My main complaint would be that a lot of time was spent on his childhood, and while those formative experiences were very important and defining for him, I found it excruciating read about him getting accused of acting a certain way and beaten, and then repeat by several adults.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Abandonment, and Animal death
tuskany1066's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
jones_jazzy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
Minor: Animal death
ma_nina's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime and Racial slurs
srm's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Bullying and Violence
Minor: Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Slavery
peachani's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Racial slurs