A review by jenniferbbookdragon
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

 America's racism has established a caste system, and this examination of the similarities between the US, India, and Nazi Germany is powerful and compelling. Using this framework to address history as well as current societal and political issues makes for book that will make the reader reconsider what they think they know about why individuals and groups act the way they do around race.
Well researched without being dry, and including the author's experience as an African-American woman, it isn't a quick read due to the need to process the material. 
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