Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Palestina by Joe Sacco

19 reviews

rwalker101's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I won't deny that there is a lot of good information and important stories directly from Palestinians in this work. However, the author is such a disgusting POS it was uncomfortable to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lionesskeeper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

lunablch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is amazing!! It was such a good read and I learned so much. Incredibly well-written and illustrated. 
(All the content warning though - this book is somehow so heavy but also digestible and sometimes even funny - it's pretty brilliant) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, and Xenophobia

maestro_cerrotorcido's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This collection of Palestinian accounts of the horror forced upon them by the occupying settler colony of Israel is a must read for understanding the occupation of Palestine. It was an incredibly difficult read due to the pain you feel when you put yourself in the Palestinians’ position. I learned so much such as different types of torture used, the appropriation of Palestinian goods to be sold as Israeli goods in Europe, the extra taxes Palestinians have to pay that Israelis do not, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

biab00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Important if you want a quick show and tell of what's happening in Palestine. 
This is from the 90's but unfortunately not a lot has changed, it's even worse now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

maryncemetery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing and important read. Especially in light of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

freschne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Colonisation