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Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
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I really liked the book, although parts of it were difficult to read. I found it a little hard to follow as she jumped between India, the US during slavery or Jim Crow, modern times, and Nazi Germany. I had some quibbles with some of her analogies (talking about alpha and beta dogs and then applying that to humanity, after she had to hire a dog trainer to understand what was going on with her dog?) I was pleased that Taylor Branch reminded her of the reality of the 1880s when Wilkerson suggested that was where we are today: In the 1880s there was a total exclusion of the black vote, total exclusion from political life, open lynchings. That is not happening now. The book was published right before the massive BLM protests of last spring and summer. I hope that movement means a real awakening for those of us in the "dominant caste".
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July 22, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
July 22, 2020 – Shelved
January 29, 2021 – Started Reading
February 10, 2021 – Finished Reading

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