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zombiezami's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, War, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Colonisation, Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Drug use
Casteismreadandfindout's review
4.0
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Antisemitism, Torture, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Gore, and War
Moderate: Misogyny
grubloved's review
also weird that india's caste system is a selling point but is honestly barely present in the book, and that nazi germany is consistently held up as another state creating an underclass (the goal wasn't an underclass of jews. it was no more jews. this is not very analogous to a caste system).
the alpha wolf chapter was also absolutely atrocious and i think is a really good example of a lot of the problems i had with the text. it was really strange for the book to claim that racism's big downsides are largely that naturally superior people who happen to be in the wrong caste can't assume their rightful place as leaders, and that naturally inferior people who are in the upper caste should be allowed to be ruled by their betters ??? it continually seems to insist that hierarchy is not the problem, but that it is simply a wrong hierarchy and that we should adjust to follow a better natural order. just really really strange to read in a book about racism.
i really enjoyed the pillars of caste section but the rest of it just wasn't the indepth reading i was here for.
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Child death, Colonisation, Torture, Racism, and Murder
torturedreadersdept's review
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Misogyny, Deportation, Antisemitism, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Xenophobia
bi_n_large's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racism, Torture, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Classism, and Death
Minor: Death of parent, War, and Grief
arthur_harris's review
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Police brutality, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Colonisation, Slavery, Blood, Medical trauma, Racism, Child death, and Murder
youreawizardjerry's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent
fromjuliereads's review against another edition
There were anecdotes from the author's own experiences which lended to proving the points outlined. And some of the information provided was interesting, important, difficult, brought forth a lot of thoughts. I especially found it interesting when Wilkerson discussed the Black anthropologists who went to the South, as this was not something I had heard about previously. And I liked having some of the references to things I had studied about or seen in Germany.
The one thing I will say is that sometimes the switches between the three caste systems felt jarring, as it flipped from one to another in a single paragraph or page. I think it could have been laid out more cleanly where it didn't feel like a tangent.
But all in all, definitely a book that should be read widely.
(I'm not adding a rating for non fiction because I never know how to rate them properly.)
Graphic: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Xenophobia
Lynchings are discussed, treatments of Dalits in Indiabeholderess's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Police brutality, and Murder
aqtbenz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Hate crime