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emmaopaline's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
tiffanywang29's review
4.0
Gets a bit dense/theory-heavy in some parts (Wang does work to explain the central tenets of what other scholars have outlined, but there is still a lot of jargon that can be difficult to get through), but overall a really beautiful weaving together of the ways that different systems work together to oppress.
Also the reading the last chapter on December 31, 2020 feels like a fitting way to ring in the new year. Radical imagining as the only way towards liberation.
Also the reading the last chapter on December 31, 2020 feels like a fitting way to ring in the new year. Radical imagining as the only way towards liberation.
froggoz13's review
emotional
informative
reflective
3.25
The beginning of the book is very theoretical and information dense so it was quite difficult to get through. A lot of it was about American economics, which doesn't really interest me that much. In the second half of the book, the public perception of crime is discussed as well as how racism is embedded in many systems, which I do find very interesting. At the end of the book there is a beautiful collection of poetry and prose on the topic of imprisonment which I loved. There are some beautiful poems and quotes in that part and it is a great way to wrap up a book and to leave the reader thinking about incarceration.
roeiwrites's review
5.0
The book is illuminating to the point of constantly disturbing you and upending your understanding of systemic racism, whether this is the first book you read on the topic or the twentieth.
But Jackie Wang doesn't only hit you over the head with sad injustices, she couches them in the personal, shining light on the humanity of the most inhumane of places and practices. Suffice to say I cried, multiple times, throughout.
But Jackie Wang doesn't only hit you over the head with sad injustices, she couches them in the personal, shining light on the humanity of the most inhumane of places and practices. Suffice to say I cried, multiple times, throughout.