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> Tag: white supremacy

The Re-Birth of a Nation (and what came after…)

Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois

February 27, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I had been meaning to tackle this legendary W.E.B. Du Bois’ tome for years, finally deciding to do it this month. It wasn’t what I expected, in many ways. Those expectations came with my own ignorance in not knowing a lot of Du Bois’ work. I’d read little of him before getting to this. I knew that despite his status amongst the Black intellectuals and historians of his time, he was outcast near the end of his life for leaving the NAACP because of his […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, Black Reconstruction, Racism, Reconstruction, United States, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Jake's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, Black Reconstruction, Racism, Reconstruction, United States, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy ·
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Bondage

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness by Michelle Alexander

February 11, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I feel like I’m the last person in my circle to have not read Michelle Alexander’s landmark work The New Jim Crow. It’s one of those books I’d always meant to get to but never had the chance. I borrowed it from someone in my family over a year ago and since I’m going to see them this weekend, I figured there’s no better excuse than that to finally read it. I’ve heard a lot of arguments adjacent to it in favor of ending the drug war […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, Racism, The New Jim Crow, white supremacy

Jake's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, Racism, The New Jim Crow, white supremacy ·
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This one was a win for me!

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

October 28, 2020 by narfna 3 Comments

This was a little funky in places, a little shaky on its feet, but overall I really enjoyed reading it. This is billed as a thriller, but it also has elements of romance, horror, and mystery in it. I was super stoked when I heard Alyssa Cole was trying her hand at another genre (she normally writes romance, both historical and contemporary). I’ve been hit or miss with her books, particularly her contemporary stuff, so I was really curious to see what she could do […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, gentrification, horror, narfna, Racism, Romance, Suspense, thriller, When No One is Watching, white supremacy

narfna's CBR12 Review No:156 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Alyssa Cole, gentrification, horror, narfna, Racism, Romance, Suspense, thriller, When No One is Watching, white supremacy ·
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A Supremacy of Dunces

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter

June 7, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Here’s my problem with The Last Widow: I wish I could say it was implausible and over the top, and ten years ago it would have been, but unfortunately, it’s not, and that makes it a scary and gripping read, but not a particularly comforting one. There’s nothing in this book that hasn’t happened before, and it’s going to happen again, sooner rather than later. We all know it. Karin Slaughter certainly does; there is a bleak and cynical current that flows through this book; […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Domestic terrorism, Karin Slaughter, white supremacy

Zirza's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: Domestic terrorism, Karin Slaughter, white supremacy ·
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I wish my younger self could have read this book.

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

October 30, 2017 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

First and foremost, I love, maybe even adore, Coates writing.  He manages to weave narrative with fact and emotion with such grace and power.  If I could write like anyone, it would be Ta-Nehisi Coates. But I can’t write like Coates.  Even if we wrote with the exact same words, I could not write like him because I am not him.  For a long time, especially as a younger man, I believed that if I wanted to do something, it could be done and that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: American Civil War, crime, essay collection, mass incarceration, nationalism, politics, Racism, reparations, Ta-nehisi Coates, white supremacy

thewheelbarrow's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: American Civil War, crime, essay collection, mass incarceration, nationalism, politics, Racism, reparations, Ta-nehisi Coates, white supremacy ·
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