Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

14 reviews

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Read this book. Isabel Wilkerson does a incredible job framing and explaining the American caste system within the context of other caste systems to fully illustrate the history of slavery and slavery's long lasting impact on Black Americans. I feel like reading this book I realized just how successful the American narrative has been at downplaying the horrors and systemic normalized racism faced by Black Americans. Definitely the kind of book that will shift your thinking and make you look at your world in a new way. This pulled back the curtain and made me consider Canada's own caste system in a whole new light. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

mignonne's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Grief

miascupoftea's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

It’s a very dark book, but definitely something everyone who can push through the heavy parts should read. very informative and great insights 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Antisemitism