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Saw an early screening of the movie “Origin” that walks you through Isabel‘s journey of writing this book a couple years back and it both stirred my entire heart and spirit and gutted me completely.

Got scammed out of this one on a previous FB marketplace listing, then picked it up from a lovely gal who actually came through with it pretty quickly!!

And for $5 at that!! Score!!

Book mail days are the best kinds of days!!

V good. V educational. Interesting way of talking about this issue. Well written. Tough read but worth.

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An important, challenging, angering, heartbreaking, thought-provoking, educational book. It should be mandatory reading for everybody.

I will be thinking about what I learned in this book for a long time.

I‘m looking forward to getting to this before the end of the year. The friend who sent it to me said it was amazing.

All of my #botm books are unpacked & on the same bookcase! I've read 67 but still have 25 or so 🧐... I'll get around to them eventually. I found some of my favorite books through botm and will probably continue w it despite the forever backlog

Forever chugging through my #botmbacklog and I greatly enjoyed this one. B/w Caste and The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson has taught me much about America. I agree with the criticism that this one is a bit light on the research and I felt the rawness of post-2016 election night throughout, but a timely, well-written project that compares America's caste system to that of India and the Third Reich is worth consideration.

An important book. A lot of white Americans will find this a difficult read and many will dismiss it as hyperbole. Glad I read it although it‘s difficult, especially the details about brutality to enforce caste.

The beginning 1/3 of the book was very compelling & described exactly what Wilkerson dubbed the American Caste system &just how extreme it is. There were parts I found redundant, or random, & occasionally contradictory.
A good read to check your biases, understand why there‘s still such a divide here, &/or further radicalize you.

A dark novel about two newlyweds who are spurned by the rural villagers because of the caste difference. Very disturbing as a portrayal of the caste system discrimination, narrow-mindedness & violence. The city which welcomes all is a haven by contrast. But I also found the marriage controlling (he ignores her plea to go home). The effect was a horrifying book told in a fairytale style with villains, a complicit groom & a damsel in distress.