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tildahlia's review against another edition
4.0
This book comes highly recommended by many and rightly so. It's so well-written and thoughtfully set out and interesting to examine racism through a different lens (ie caste). The uniting features of caste systems are laid out in confronting ways. The way she draws the threads between the treatment of Dalits, Jews and African-American communities is interesting and made me think a lot about the structural racism of Australia. Her observations of how caste plays out in social settings through her reflections of the behaviour of people ascribed different status was particularly eye-opening!
katia23's review against another edition
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sarah_grey's review against another edition
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5.0
Incredible read that makes you think.
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lilyofthevalley_reads's review against another edition
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meagwhalen's review against another edition
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5.0
This book is *incredible.* I have no doubt I will return to it repeatedly.
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nanc's review against another edition
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This book is a masterpiece of research and documentation. One of my favorite passages is near the end where Wilkerson says if we concentrate on improving the lives of people at the bottom of the caste we improve the outlook for everyone. I believe this is true. While it was hard to hear the facts of our past (I had to stop listening at one point for a break and then put on my big girl pants and started up again) it’s clear that we need to make important systemic changes for the US to live up to the actual words of our constitution.
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obsessed with this book! can see why it's on so many lists.