Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

7 reviews

valkyriejmu's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.25

Whew, this was difficult to get through, but I toughed it out and I'm glad I did in light of the Dobbs decision in 2022, which is why I picked it up in the first place. 

Just an FYI, this book pre-dates the Dobbs decision by at least a decade, so the parts about abortion should be read with that in mind.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Death, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Miscarriage, Body horror, Racism, Slavery, Abortion, Body shaming, and Colonisation

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

So many gut punches, especially when you consider that things have gotten so much worse for reproductive justice since this book first came out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Child death, Genocide, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Addiction, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Incest

Eugenics

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

There was so much in this book I'd never thought about, which shows my privilege like neon. Infuriating and unsurprising, the way this country has treated the reproductive rights of Black people is disgusting and heartbreaking. This was written in 1997, but not much has changed since! The system is designed to punish Black people for having children. Full stop. Really damning and subversive book, even for 2023. Recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Abortion, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, and Infertility

simplybibliophiles's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Before reading this book, I believed that I knew the extent of reproductive racism in this country, the abuses of our government on Black women, specifically poor black women, from slavery onward, and the reproductive justice work that had to be done to combat these abuses over the last 60 years. 

 

I didn’t. 

Not even close. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Bullying

Moderate: Infertility

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

eristellar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, Infertility, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

alsoapples's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, and Drug use