Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

49 reviews

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Torture, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Antisemitism

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Violence, Antisemitism, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Genocide, Rape, and Medical content

atamano's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Torture, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, and Racism

sydapel's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

While I don't know that I completely agree with the fundamental hypothesis of this book (for may reasons, some of which I can articulate and some I can't), Wilkerson's ability to combine storytelling and and commentary on systematic racism in this country is done incredibly well. I do wish more time was spent on detailing the complexities of the Indian caste system, but that's a personal thing I don't think it detracts from the power this book has. (read as Part of SFCM's anti racism book club)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

ebrown0789's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This book was eye-opening. My only complaint is that I felt there were way too many analogies towards the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Police brutality

nicole_p's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

tlilf's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Compelling and thought-provoking, Caste outlines the similarities between the traditional caste system in India and previously unidentified caste systems in Nazi Germany and America. This book highlights the parallels between the human hierarchies that each of these countries created and perpetuated. It discusses how the caste system created through the slave trade in the 1600’s is still being carried out today, in quieter but still nefarious ways. This book was difficult to put down. I had never considered racism through the lens of castes before but Wilkerson makes a great argument for why caste is the one stronghold in our country that must be broken in order for true healing and equality to happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

carmenvillaman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

khum's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Racism