Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

14 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

emilyrc93's review

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

megmu18's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Murder

koreanlinda's review

It is depressing and stressful to read all the details of White supremacist history of the United States. As an academic paper, the book does not leave out details but lists all the events even if they are similar, repeated acts of oppression against Black people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This book takes us from our nation’s inception through the presidency of Barack Obama. It highlights three main race ideologies and explicates about each one over the decades. Segregationists, those who believe Black folx are genetically inferior and don’t believe in equality; assimilationists, who believe that Black people need to try harder to become better people (aka more white); and antiracists, who believe that systems of inequality and discrimination have always been the culprit of inequity in American society. This book points out that both segregationists and assimilationists are racist, even if the latter would try to have you believe otherwise. I learned a lot about our country’s history, policies, and leaders that will help inform my continued efforts to be antiracist moving forward and will help me focus on Black freedom in this country and beyond.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

rupl's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Dense, detailed look at US history from a lens completely overlooked in the US school system. You'll brush with basic facts you learned long ago, but their rich stories might be completely new. This book calmly yet passionately tells another US history, using five major characters to guide us through various eras.

I learned new parts of history and re-learned many others, all the while learning not to characterize individuals, but each of their actions. The book compiles countless examples of segregation, assimilation, and finally antiracism, from fleeting moments to entire legacies of individuals. By methodically reading from start to finish, and looking at example after example of each ideology I formed a better, more accurate view of history as it relates to power, racist policy erected to protect the powerful, and the racist ideas that get created in order to defend racist policies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence