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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

51 reviews

sarahrosea's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism

pollyflorence's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

shannahtan's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Read this for book club, and I actually think it reads pretty quickly, but I was pacing myself for discussion. I thought  Wilkerson did a great job of weaving stories into her argument that race is out caste system in the US.

I thought the parallels between India’s caste system, race in America, and Nazis in Germany were compelling because they brought out the emotion in making you think “we’re not better than that kind of awful behavior.” and in some ways we’re worse. 

It was honestly tough to read at times. It really made me reflect on how I’m upholding the caste system at work and in my personal life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

 America's racism has established a caste system, and this examination of the similarities between the US, India, and Nazi Germany is powerful and compelling. Using this framework to address history as well as current societal and political issues makes for book that will make the reader reconsider what they think they know about why individuals and groups act the way they do around race.
Well researched without being dry, and including the author's experience as an African-American woman, it isn't a quick read due to the need to process the material. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, War, Antisemitism, and Classism

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

beanjoles's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would. Caste explained for me so many elements of American society that I had sensed below the surface but never totally understood. This is the education that every American needs, particularly white or upper-caste Americans.  It is one of the most informative, moving, and necessary books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Antisemitism