Reviews tagging 'Racism'

My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capó Crucet

4 reviews

madelinedalton's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

She’s a great writer, but I wished the essays had gone deeper into the topics presented. Many felt surface level and I was left wanting more. 

I also went in expecting this to be more educational about anti-racism, but it wound up being more of essays reflecting on life. Not a criticism at all—just not what I expected to read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Vomit

bookiecharm's review

3.0

The first essay was the best. There’s a lot of conflation between the use of race and ethnicity that weakens the author’s arguments here. I’m begging white/mestize Latine academics and authors to contend with this because it’s confusing and harmful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Cancer, and Mental illness

magicalsocks's review

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

(6/5/21)

to reread and reread and reread. borrowed from a friend and i can’t wait to buy my own copy so i can highlight and write my own notes in the margins and reread and reread and reread…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Hate crime, Medical content, and Racism

beholderess's review

reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Chronic illness