Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

7 reviews

iannarosaroman's review

challenging funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Antisemitism

leanneymu's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A well-written and thoughtful essay that examines why the mainstream (and particularly the left) have such a hard time conceptualising anti-semitism as a form of racism. Really opened my eyes to my own unconscious bias in this area too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

ollie_again's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and War

sas_ram's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, and Deportation

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and War

lucyeanderson's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

this is an incredibly insightful book, and one i’m really glad i read. baddiel brings up a lot of really important points, particularly about racism in left wing spaces. it felt like it jumped from one point to another a lot, but overall i think its a very important book for everyone to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, and War

jaconnolly's review

informative reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

plainpaige's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Given that Baddiel's a comedian, I expected this to be more light-hearted and funny, though after reading it, it's abundantly clear that the subject matter is simply not comedic and should not be treated as such. Like any polemic, it makes a strong case for its point, that antisemitism is treated by and large as a lesser form of racism, and when considerations are made regarding the victims of racism, Jewish people are often left out of the discussions. As a Gentile, in a society seemingly in a period of accelerating antisemitism, I appreciated and probably needed this first-person account of one man's attempt to use his platform to remind the world of the victims of antisemitism and what can happen if we don't work to actively combat it and other forms of racism. 
Well-written, though the eBook format made reading the footnotes challenging. I found it to be a fairly slow read, due mostly to the heavy subject matter that required a good deal of reflection on my part. Worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Colonisation