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adriennegg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Torture, Racism, Antisemitism, and Violence
cnjg88's review
4.25
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
atamano's review
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Torture, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, and Racism
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 India