Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

77 reviews

driedmintleaves's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Deportation, Racism, and Confinement

agnela's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

 An informative graphic novel focusing on Japanese American citizen experiences after Japanese attacked Hawaii. Cruelty, racism, prejudice... And yet somehow it spreads hope and knowledge, it asks us to never forget, do not allow past mistakes be repeated.
I'm not American, we talked a lot about what happened in Europe in the early 20th century, so little of us would have any knowledge that the same that happened in soviet Russia or Hitler ruled Germany happened in America. We need to spread the word, we need to know the facts, the histories, we need to hold each other accountable. And yet we allow the same things to happen today. How despicable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

laurenmiller100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is an essential book. Japanese internment is relatively unknown to so many modern Americans, but George Takei’s powerful story reminds us that this horror took place not too long ago. The adorable art style stands it stark contradiction to the tragedy within the pages, serving to further cement this child’s view of the experience. I am not usually one to cry at books, but this really affected me. Incredibly powerful and moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Racism, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Hate crime, and War

whtbout2ndbrkfst's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Confinement

Minor: Violence, Racial slurs, and War

magpienicky's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Deportation

Minor: Child death and Death

pacifickat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

"Justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other, [...] that my liberty depends on you being free, too;[...] that history can't be a sword to justify injustice or shield against progress, [...] but must he a manual for how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past."
- Pres. Barack Obama, They Called Us Enemy p. 203

This book should be a national treasure. One of the best historical memoirs I have ever read.  The messages it contains are even more vital and pressing today than ever before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Grief, Hate crime, War, Deportation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality and Violence

Incarceration, racial injustice, generational trauma

cozy_academic's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, War, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

becksusername's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

I learned from this book, but felt Takei was weirdly positive about "American" "democracy"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Deportation, Confinement, and Islamophobia

dreamer626's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried. Everyone needs to read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Violence

hmetwade's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Child death, War, Racial slurs, Confinement, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Hate crime