Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

15 reviews

rosapotentis's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Slavery, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Racism

The book delves unflinchingly into the history of the caste system in the US, from slavery to present day, and much of the content is difficult. The chapter on lynching (chapter 9, The Evil of Silence) is particularly graphic and distressing.

kelseyland's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

A highly informative book that outlines the history of racism in America up to the present day and makes the argument that the embedded, institutionalized mechanisms of racism function like the caste system in India and the framework used in Nazi Germany to commit atrocities and genocide against Jewish people.  An essential foundational text to understanding the deeply embedded nature of racism in America.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Genocide, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Slavery

thepassivebookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Read this book. Isabel Wilkerson does a incredible job framing and explaining the American caste system within the context of other caste systems to fully illustrate the history of slavery and slavery's long lasting impact on Black Americans. I feel like reading this book I realized just how successful the American narrative has been at downplaying the horrors and systemic normalized racism faced by Black Americans. Definitely the kind of book that will shift your thinking and make you look at your world in a new way. This pulled back the curtain and made me consider Canada's own caste system in a whole new light. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, Incest, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, and Child abuse

kimgravy's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, and Violence