Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Gebrandmarkt: Die wahre Geschichte des Rassismus in Amerika by Ibram X. Kendi

7 reviews

overbooked207's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

decklededgess's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Most non fiction books give me the vocabulary to communicate ideas I was already familiar with this is an invaluable asset. This one though... I have come across a LOT of new information and innumerable ways of seeing through the societal structures we protect that continue to uphold racism and white supremacy. 
Perhaps the most depressing yet enlightening tidbit was in the epilogue where the author says something along the lines of: you can't expect people to be altruistic but they certainly can function with "intelligent self interest" to see that the systems they protect actually do not help them at all.
Which....yeah dude that's exactly it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder