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#and lest we forget the 'israeli activist who harasses faroest whaling vessels'
llycaons · 5 months
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FINISHED HORSE. a lot of it was really interesting from a biological and historical perspective but also the author's approach to race is so. idk. self-congratulatory? almost reductive? it's not that antiblack police murders and brutality are rare, and I did appreciate the realism of the aftermath, but it seems like she just decided to use the most visible and obvious example of racism as a big finale in order to make her story more easy to understand and consume for the average white reader. which I guess isn't too terrible if it does it's job but it's just less than I had hoped for and also if you literally watch the news at ALL you know antiblack police violence is a huge and common issue so. idk what did we even learn here I guess that someone receptive to education doesn't already know. also you're going to have an australian woman return to australia after the racist murder of her partner like 'it'll be easier there' and not even talk about the racism that Aboriginal people face there? jesus christ. the author is an australian woman too so she SHOULD know
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