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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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5 stars!
“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things.�
Wow, and I mean WOW. This is a book that really reframes the way you think about the world we live in. I know we don’t think of America as a caste system, but it very much is. In this book the author talks about India, the Third Reich and our own country. What I was floored by in this book was how the Nazi’s looked to the USA and based how they treated the Jews based on how we treat blacks in our country, and that there were things we were doing that the Nazi’s wouldn’t even do. I think this book really points out the true evil of the system we have become so accustomed to.
Wilkerson is a very talented writer and she obviously did some great research when writing this book. I very much want to read her first book, Warmth of Other Suns, now that I’ve read this one. I think this book is very important and I hope many people will read it and maybe change the way we think about our world.
“We are responsible for our own ignorance or, with time and openhearted enlightenment, our own wisdom.�
“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things.�
Wow, and I mean WOW. This is a book that really reframes the way you think about the world we live in. I know we don’t think of America as a caste system, but it very much is. In this book the author talks about India, the Third Reich and our own country. What I was floored by in this book was how the Nazi’s looked to the USA and based how they treated the Jews based on how we treat blacks in our country, and that there were things we were doing that the Nazi’s wouldn’t even do. I think this book really points out the true evil of the system we have become so accustomed to.
Wilkerson is a very talented writer and she obviously did some great research when writing this book. I very much want to read her first book, Warmth of Other Suns, now that I’ve read this one. I think this book is very important and I hope many people will read it and maybe change the way we think about our world.
“We are responsible for our own ignorance or, with time and openhearted enlightenment, our own wisdom.�
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March 25, 2021
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Finished Reading
March 27, 2021
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March 27, 2021
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March 27, 2021
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March 27, 2021
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Mar 28, 2021 11:20AM
This book really made an impact on me, too, Rachel. Great review :-)
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Warmth of Other Suns is a masterpiece. It approaches this topic from a less macro schematic.
Libby wrote: "This book really made an impact on me, too, Rachel. Great review :-)"Thanks Libby!
Daniel wrote: "Warmth of Other Suns is a masterpiece. It approaches this topic from a less macro schematic."Good to know, thank you!
A perfect review! “A world without caste would set everyone free.�
Fantastic review, Rachel. I need to get onto this one.
I’ve much this one is amazing. Powerful, interesting review Rachel.
