Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

12 reviews

daniellekat's review

challenging emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Genocide, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, War, and Murder

barbarella85's review against another edition

informative reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

battybookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This was mainly an informative text about Indigenous history in Canada. It's beautifully illustrated and each other tells a compelling part of their history. Some specific ones that stood out to me were Rosie and the fight and speech against The Mackenzie Pipeline. Much of the book feels like a jumping off point, and I now have a list of other pieces to check out or historical events/figures to look into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Racial slurs, Genocide, Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

therainbowshelf's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredible collection of indigenous Canadians' histories. Each comic starts with an author blurb and a timeline of events present in or influencing the story. Canada's history of abusing indigenous people is sickeningly similar to how things have gone for the native people of the US. Whether you're familiar with indigenous history of Canada or want to start somewhere, this is an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Racism, Death, Grief, Child death, Suicide, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment

Residential schools, forced removal of indigenous children from their homes

achingallover's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence

maryjames's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

spinesinaline's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was a beautiful collection and I think the first collaborative graphic novel collection I’ve ever read. It was so cool to see all the different styles of art and colours, even from the same artist in different stories. 

I also loved that it was so personal, with each author sharing what inspired them to write the story before we got into it. It provides context and a connection between the author and their characters as well as with the reader as it instills more importance in why this story is important to tell. 

While I was familiar with some events like the potlatch ban, Sixties Scoop, protests over the pipelines, and identification tags for Inuit, there were many names I was unfamiliar with so I’m grateful for this introduction and inspired to learn more about each of these stories! 

Also glad that I’ve now got many more authors and illustrators on my list to check out their other works! I’ve previously read Katherena Vermette and David A. Robertson, and have several others already on my TBR, so always happy to see their names come up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide

shieldbearer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, and Racism

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

Each of the stories in this book includes a timeline highlighting important events for the Native Canadian population, which means I learned a lot! This is a nonfiction graphic novel, so it reads different than fiction, which isn't a bad thing. For me, it just means slowing down to ensure that I really get everything that the book is offering.

For the most part, I enjoyed the art styles in this book and the writing helped in bringing these events to life. If you want to incorporate more Native history into a classroom, I think this book would work really well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse and Police brutality

notthatlibrarian's review

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Grief, Genocide, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism, Murder, Kidnapping, and Police brutality