Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

54 reviews

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation

Moderate: Racism

8675309mp's review

challenging informative medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, Deportation, and Colonisation

Minor: Self harm, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

moon_peach's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Villavicencio combines her own experiences as an immigrant and child of immigrants and those of the people she interviews. She does not consider herself a journalist because every part of her wants to be involved and help as much as possible. In her we see how traumatizing being an immigrant is, she is a Harvard grad with a PHD but still has a slew of mental illnesses, some of which were caused by her own parents' mental illnesses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

booksbeyondthebinary's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Mental illness

bedtimesandbooks's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Cursing, Addiction, Racism, Chronic illness, Deportation, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Classism, Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

annamay1021's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cancer, Deportation, Confinement, Police brutality, and Grief

random19379's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Abandonment

bookgurlie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Rape

katharina90's review

informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

I found this author absolutely insufferable. She makes so many cringey statements and comes across as quite judgmental. 

While undocumented she has lived a fairly privileged life and seems a bit out of touch. Her preconceived notions and unhealthy attitudes inform the way she engages with others, when she could be meeting them with curiosity and an open mind instead. 

I really wish the author had devoted more time to the stories of other undocumented immigrants because I actually enjoyed reading those. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Deportation, Terminal illness, Racism, Addiction, Classism, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Mental illness

kailey_reads's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Mental illness, and Deportation