Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

33 reviews

bookdrunkard78's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Racism

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

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

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

kgartung's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Forced institutionalization

punionrings's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

tinathedrifter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

George Takei recounts the experience of being interned during WWII through the optimistic lens of his childhood. It’s a really poignant and tragic and hopeful story. I felt he tried too much to make aphorisms about America but it works well as a book for young adults.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and War

sleepylit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

mcmartini's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Forced institutionalization