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Kasta: Korene našej nespokojenosti by Isabel Wilkerson

26 reviews

useyourgoodeye's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This book took me 16 days to read because I had to step away from it a lot to process it fully. Very eye opening and there is a movie out called Origin about the book that I'll be watching soon (Hulu). This is a very difficult and emotional book to get through. It requires you to examine your own life and the lives of others at a level which can make you uncomfortable, sad, and angry. Totally worth it though. It should be used in colleges across the world as required reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cnjg88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Deportation

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

 found this book to be very educational, motivational, and eye-opening. It was interesting, though brutal, to learn the full scale of the history of caste in america and how awful we can be as humans. I think everyone could benefit from reading this. However, though I agree with Wilkerson on everything including the politics of today, I can see how it might polarize people to where they’d miss the point she’s trying to make. I also think the cohesiveness of the narrative could have been better. Still, overall a great read of a dark history and startling present! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

robbiehuman's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer and Cultural appropriation

emmaemooney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence

shadereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent

leneliest's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

this is such an important read. i think everyone should have to read this. it definitely isn't an easy read though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Classism

viporras's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and War