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Castas: As Origens do Nosso Descontentamento by Isabel Wilkerson
53 reviews
leneliest's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism
viporras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and War
tarines316's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Death of parent
dianapiskor's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Colonisation
pmhandley's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism
choicepotatoes_oldold's review against another edition
4.75
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Three things I'm still thinking about after reading this book:
» 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.
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Antisemitism
kemrick19's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Classism
Moderate: Death of parent and Colonisation
shoshin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism and Classism
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Murder, Classism, and Deportation
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, and Antisemitism