Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

77 reviews

srjennings's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A fantastic, well written book.  The author clearly presents her thesis, backs it up with historical and present day data, others' stories and her own personal experiences.  She uses metaphors to illuminate how caste functions and makes it easy to understand.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

I’m unsure why this book has become so popular. The theory the author puts forth is somewhat incoherent and is held together by a bunch of anecdata. I’m glad I read it so that I can be aware of its presence in the zeitgeist, but I got very little of the actual content. The author contends her little with colonization in her book, which I feel is a huge absence. She seems like the kind of person who wants to “save the soul” of America, when I’m over here shouting #landback. At the end she gives an impassioned plea for everyone to just be exposed to the true nature of US history, that that would cause everyone to wake up and fight for justice. I really don’t think that’s the case.

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Content Warnings

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

Casteism

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Slavery

kiakrat's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

chaoticnostalgia's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Death, Child abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Hate crime, Police brutality, Suicide, War, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Sexism

Minor: Mass/school shootings

adriennegg's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading for everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Torture, Racism, Antisemitism, and Violence

cnjg88's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, War, Classism, Xenophobia, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Racism, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Car accident, Blood, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Deportation, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

elizas's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Hate crime, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery

jurgbury's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read to better understand America and the world and how we are set up in our caste systems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Racism