Comments on: Book Review: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/ A blog of books and tabletop games focusing on inclusion and liberation. Tue, 25 Dec 2018 18:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Top 10 Books Read in 2016 | Reading and Gaming for Justice https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-473 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:40:25 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-473 […] mirroring the racism that exists in the US today, from the perspective of a POC. I wrote a review which talks more about race in the […]

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]]> By: Brendon https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-76 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:03:48 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-76 I am happy it didn’t glamorize the 20s either. The “America was so great back then” rhetoric is getting a bit old. Oh and deeply rooted in hate and bigotry ha! Thank you for the comment!

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]]> By: Read Diverse Books https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-75 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:08:39 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-75 Excellent review, Brendon.
The scene at the Victoria Society you described was one of many several memorable ones in the book. And you’re so right that it was trying to highlight prejudices within POC communities as well.

I like how you pointed out that Malone may have noticed the wrongness of his partner’s actions, but it’s very telling of 1920s society that he didn’t really feel the need to speak out against it. I also appreciated how this story didn’t glamorize the roaring 20s at all, which was great because I don’t think any decade before the 80s should ever be glamorized x)

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]]> By: Akilah https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-74 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:37:39 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-74 Ah, yes. Thank you!

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]]> By: Brendon https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-73 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:15:53 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-73 Asian Pacific Islander

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]]> By: Akilah https://gamingforjustice.com/2016/08/15/book-review-the-ballad-of-black-tom-by-victor-lavalle/#comment-72 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:26:14 +0000 http://gamingforjustice.com/?p=2925#comment-72 as a non-black API person

API?

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