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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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, 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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Colonisation