Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

16 reviews

infinite_harness9030's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Deportation

overbooked207's review

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This is a very dense book. It will need to be reread many times because the first read was like a primer. I took as many notes as I could. I gave myself a little affirming wink whenever I saw a book referenced that I’d already read and jotted down others that are more on my TBR list. Of all the books I’ve read by this author, this one was the heaviest. This one will ground me, whereas the others activate me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, War, and Classism

ladygetslit's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

bgirl1214's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence

brookey8888's review

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

This was a lot. Was it a very important read and worth it yes. Did I sometimes feel dumb reading this yes. Most of the topics discussed are horrible so trigger warning. This book made me mad and sad. I do think people should read this, but it is basically a history book so I don’t know how assessable this would be for everyone. I do understand why it went through the whole history of slavery, but I don’t know as much about that so it was harder to I guess understand, but when we got more in the current day I was able to understand and like connect the dots more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

ashleyreads88's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America needs to be read.  I learned so many things from this book that I never learned in school.  What I learned in school was unfortunately horribly whitewashed.  Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America IS American history.  I am so glad that I read this challenging (in the best way possible) book.  I feel that this is a book that I will come back to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Ibram Kendi covers an extensive chunk of the history of racism and racist ideas in the United States in this book.

For readers looking for 💕: history, racism, American history, social issues

My thoughts 💭: the author ties things together well throughout, and really shines a light on how racism evolved to stay ahead of laws against racism over time. It was a bit dry, but I'm also not a big history reader. It was also a thick book! The audiobook is 18 hours long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry