Reviews tagging 'Violence'

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

8 reviews

emily_sophies's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Some parts focused a lot on the law and the supreme court. I think they were a very relevant part of the book, especially considering the current political climate and the US Supreme Court. But I had heard of most of the central cases already and so I was able to follow the arguments. People who are unfamiliar with the US supreme court and landmark cases however, might struggle with the case names and the descriptions of the different courts and judges. I had to reread a lot paragraphs in these section a couple of times. I am a nonnative English speaker tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape

Minor: Xenophobia, Torture, War, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, and Suicide

calamitydane's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book taught me so much. It challenged so many of the things I learned in school and really expanded my knowledge. The thesis was really well defended and the end was so hopeful in spite of everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Genocide, Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Murder

random19379's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

corngod31's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Rape

megelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

"...Whiteness defends itself. Against change, against progress, against hope, against black dignity, against black lives, against reason, against truth, against facts, against native claims, and against its own laws and customs."

This is an incredibly frank, informative look at key events throughout US history that have led to things being the way they are today. I learnt so much about topics I only had basic knowledge about, and Anderson does a great job of covering so much history in such a short book. There are a few points at which I felt further expansion would have been useful, such as including a discussion around the formation and rise of the NAACP and further explaining the growth of knowledge around the Reagan administration's drug trafficking scheme (and a bit more linking back to the central concept of white rage), but on the whole this is a very well-written and well-structured book that definitely does what it sets out to do, and one I'd recommend to all white people everywhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Death, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

This book was slow paced but had interesting information that will be particularly helpful for framing my dissertation. The idea that white people are enraged (knowingly or not) by the advancement of Black people supports the lack of investment in the education of Black children in this country. It also supports the rise of the Donald Trump era and everything that MAGA stands for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, War, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Violence, Torture, Death, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, Racism, and Police brutality

knkoch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

This was a scorching historical review of “white rage”, or essentially white opposition in the US to black ambition and progress after the abolition of slavery. Anderson illuminates white rage to be both bloodthirsty white mobs and the cold, calculated policy decisions made by white lawyers, legislators, judges, law enforcement, and school board officials. 

I’m always interested in the history I felt was hidden from me as a student, and this is quite extensive. All the whitewashing, white guilt, and watered down versions of our nation’s history are critically interrogated here. A blistering but essential read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Police brutality, and Hate crime

This book illuminates all of the white opposition and racism white people should avoid hiding from, but it’s very graphic. White Americans in particular, though, should push themselves to read this and reduce their ignorance of our historical role in perpetrating these offenses.

caitlinemccann's review

informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Racial slurs