Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Castas: As Origens do Nosso Descontentamento, by Isabel Wilkerson

41 reviews

pmhandley's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

This was incredibly informative and provided a deep explanation of how the caste system exists in America without being overly academic or dense. Wilkerson's background as a journalist allows her to explain a complicated topic with a lot of historical information wedged in without ever sounding dry or losing your attention. This is definitely a worthwhile read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, and Racial slurs

choicepotatoes_oldold's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

TL;DR - 4.75 stars - highly, highly recommend

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Three things I'm still thinking about after reading this book:

Spoiler

» There are no Black people outside of America

» Germany looked to America for inspiration when creating their caste system during the Third Reich.

» Many of the health problems associated with Black folks in America (high blood pressure, etc) are not problems associated with folks in Africa. The stress of being Black in America has a physical cost, and middle- and upper-class Black women are particularly impacted.

As well as the audiobook was narrated, I'm fairly certain I'll have to read it again--as a physical book--to more fully digest the contents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Antisemitism, and Racism

kemrick19's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent and Colonisation

shoshin's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Sometimes, it's easiest to understand what is happening around you by finding a way to step outside it to describe it. Wilkerson does that brilliantly with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism and Classism

lizcastner's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Misogyny, Deportation, Antisemitism, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Xenophobia

leweylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

"A world without caste would set everyone free."

People have been recommending this book to me for ages--I've even included it on many book displays--and now I know why. This truly should be required reading in America along with Stamped from the Beginning. The term racism really doesn't go far enough to explain this country's ills, but the argument that Wilkerson lays out for caste does. I learned so much and feel like this book really filled a lot of the gaps in my knowledge. Wilkerson does such an amazing job explaining such difficult phenomena in an accessible way, and now I feel like I need to buy a physical copy so I can reread it and mark things I want to remember and come back to later. This is one of those books that you continue to think about long after you finish it.

I also have to say I LOVE how the whole way through the abuse of Black people in America is compared to Jews in the Holocaust. I can imagine so many people HATE that comparison and think it goes way too far, and that's precisely why I love it. It goes exactly far enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Genocide, and Antisemitism

griffnorby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Torture, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Genocide

lottpoet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism

jess_westhafer's review against another edition

I felt like I got everything out of this book I was going to in the pages I read. The ideas started to seem redundant, and I didn’t feel the need to keep going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Antisemitism, Violence, Slavery, and Torture

sarahrosea's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism