Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Wilkerson shows that the concept of 'caste' goes beyond 'race' the author uses research from allison davis, burleigh gardner and mary gardner to explain caste and class in the deep south. With wisdom, humor and overwhelming amount of research, he shed... Read More

This is a book that is hard to encapsulate in a review. While very difficult to read as a dominant caste member, this book is equally essential for the understanding it imparts.

Cons

More like a collection of essays. The author is misguided and biased. I realize they're not the main focus of this book however, their exclusion highlights some of the fallacy of her premise.

This is part of the distorted worldview many americans have," he says. It is singularly unoriginal.

Her distorted retelling of various anecdotes, designed to further her narrative. Her reliance on anecdote itself, rather than broader data. No excuse for her trivializing the holocaust. The issues we have inherited from our dubious past are a * of a l... Read More

This is wrongheaded. Absolutely not. This is not true. I believe this is absurd.

Many of isabel wilkerson's examples and comparisons are unjustifiable and misleading. Wilkersen is a gifted writer and excellent storyteller, which makes it particularly disappointing that she applies her gift seemingly only to fuel more division. Why... Read More

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Quality

Dismantling a centuriesold caste system is challenging but increasing awareness elevating marginalized voices and emphasizing s... Read More

It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations patterns of a social order that have been in place fo... Read More

Caste systems breed group narcissism elevated selfworth through group identity overestimating ones position and hating those different

So excited that it’s been made into a movie

Price

“the price of privilege is the moral duty to act when one sees another person treated unfairly

Shipping

Here in plenty of time and in good shape

Competitiveness

Challenges you the evaluate or reevaluate how you relate to others and the world and calls for you to be a better member of you... Read More

America and nazi germany’s caste systems are similar and bipolar white vs black aryan vs jewishminorities

They therefore drug cotton sacks alongside black people and apparently made no distinction between themselves and those of color

Nazi germany and the american south are shockingly similar

Overview

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black and american.

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This product had a total of 44,508 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 18 2024.