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sarah_mitra's review against another edition
5.0
I felt a bit daunted picking this up but am so glad that I did. I learned so much and feel cheated by the education system (Canadian but still so lacking in subordinate caste history) that these topics aren't mandatory in school. Dominant caste privilege allowed me to go this go long without knowing and I feel a fire to learn more.
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gardner98's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
3.5
rosemwood's review against another edition
4.0
This is a non-fiction book about caste discrimination and where it originated. Caste is a subject that I have never heard of. The way the author tried to explain it was helpful but I was too caught up with all the examples of all the horrible things that were done to blacks that I was physically sick. Basically I tried to understand what caste was and felt that the majority picked on the lowest Caste because they could. I know there is way more to it than that but I feel that is the just of humans dehumanizing humans. "A world without caste would set everyone free" but I don't think the world is ready to be equal to everyone else. I could be wrong in understanding this book. It was confusing for me and a little slow in many spots but like I said before I was more horrified about all the inhuman examples that I got lost.
amandagrzski's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
easefcik's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
There was an incredible wealth of information in this book. Some info I’d heard before, but with a informative new perspective and much was entirely new to me. Will need to re-read for sure.
devoreads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Completely adjusted my world view on race and it's development, and made sense of the nonsense history has dealt us.
lhenric22's review against another edition
3.0
I'd really only recommend this book to someone who has never read anything related to systemic racism in America. I've only read a handful on the subject and still found this pretty overwritten and repetitive. The rebranding of systemic racism to caste didn't change much. I expected more of an academic style but Caste is largely journalistic in tone. Leaning on pathos more than anything else.
da_bos's review against another edition
4.0
Tl;dr: This is a timely and important book, engagingly written and thoroughly researched; even if you aren't