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

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.0

wilkerson's strength in this book is her detail and storytelling, which are both incredibly insightful and meaningful. however, her analysis falls short without an understanding of racial capitalism and global colonialism/imperialism. the lack of critique of obama, the democratic party, and western european countries (outside of nazi germany) makes evident how far she is willing to take her point. the boiling down to individualism (to a degree) without the understanding of how racial/global capitalism and imperialism are completely at odds with the goal of ending caste/racism is a tad insulting.