Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

81 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

arthur_harris's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This book pulls absolutely no punches. It lays out the facts of its subject matter with a kind of frank, unflinching look at the truth that is so constantly softened and blunted in history. Deeply, grimly informative on the true history of the Black experience in the United States. A harsh reality check for those - like me - who grew up with a whitewashed view of American history. While this book is a difficult read in many ways, that is part of what makes it such a necessary one. It forces the reader to examine the deeply ingrained racism baked into the foundation of America, and the subsequent role of the (non-Black) reader in that racist system. An absolutely vital piece of literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

wanderlustsleeping's review against another edition

Surprisingly, I DNFed this title after getting 42% through it.

At first I was intrigued by the notion and usage of caste and the comparison to India, the Nazi Regime, and the history of slavery and African-Americans in the U.S. but at almost half way through I had just had enough. For any person even slightly educated or familiar with these harrowing matters, nothing new is being said, and I just kept having to listen about the pain and horrifying events done to so many people, with a huge emphasis on my black ancestors. It hurt for me to listen to these stories. I was sticking with it for educational purposes, but switching out “black” and “white” for caste-coded pseudonyms, wasn’t enough to teach me anything new, it was just me having to hear these horrifying stories all over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

veryill's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence

jess_westhafer's review against another edition

I felt like I got everything out of this book I was going to in the pages I read. The ideas started to seem redundant, and I didn’t feel the need to keep going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rdebner's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Colonisation

wrackcity's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence

pollyflorence's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Mass/school shootings

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, War, and Classism