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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
28 reviews
alexisgarcia's review
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Violence, Slavery, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Police brutality
crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Classism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Gun violence, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Misogyny
xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
readandfindout's review
4.25
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, War, Violence, Death, and Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Torture, and Racial slurs
txsweetheart's review
5.0
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Violence
ksuazo94's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Medical content, Murder, Grief, War, and Racism
Moderate: Addiction
nadia's review against another edition
3.75
I listened to the audiobook, and while I've heard others praise this edition highly — and it was awesome to hear so many different Black voices — I just don't think this format was the right one for me to take in this material. Admittedly, I wasn't in the best mood while listening to most of it — which definitely didn't help given the subject matter — but I struggled to focus and gel with some of the chapters, especially a lot of the earlier ones.
I go back and forth between thinking the book was incredible because of its breadth and variety and thinking it was trying to pack in almost too much that I've left it not really remembering any details, which is what I went into the book hoping for. Again, this could be because I listened to the book as opposed to reading the words from a page.
I was a big fan of the structure — 10 parts spanning 40 years and each chapter spanning 5 — and it was fascinating travelling bit by bit from the 17th Century all the way to the present day. I also appreciated the occasional poems mixed in with the essays!
I think I might have preferred a series of books in a very similar style, but with some of the essays going more in depth, and perhaps them having a little bit more of a narrative thread through them.
All in all, a book that's definitely worth your time! My rating is heavily based on my personal enjoyment in the moment.
Note: Around 75% in, there's a chapter on Zora Neale Hurston. I skipped most of it for fear of spoilers of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Death, Murder, and War
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Hate crime, Trafficking, War, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Child abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Transphobia, Pregnancy, Suicide, Pedophilia, Infertility, Mass/school shootings, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Ableism
stevia333k's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Classism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, Police brutality, Sexism, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, War, and Violence
jennie_white2008's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Classism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Racism, War, Drug use, Police brutality, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Ableism, Addiction, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Torture