Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga

8 reviews

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, and Colonisation

wetsokcs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

labeanorita's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, and Colonisation

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

adamjeffson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Death

tashayns's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

This was fantastic. It's a comprehensive look at Black history in the UK, which refutes the racist notion that being British and being Black are mutually exclusive, as well as the idea that the presence of Black people in the UK began with the Empire Windrush - in fact it dates back to the Roman Empire.
That makes for a long, detailed book which I've been reading gradually over the last few months because there's so much to take in. The history itself is both horrific and fascinating, but it's also important to note the subtitle. This is history which has often been deliberately erased, evident in the way Britain has downplayed its role in the slave trade and colonialism and focused on its role in abolition.
After reading Stamped From The Beginning earlier in the year and now this I feel like I've got a much better grasp on Black history in both the UK and the USA and understand how events in the two countries are connected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

emilistevenson's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Kidnapping