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last updated Sep 25, 2022 09:27AM
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I learned a lot in reading this book. I underlined heavily throughout. Wilkerson drew parallels between the American South, Nazi Germany, and India’s caste systems. Her writing is very accessible on a difficult subject. ⠀
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What I was most shocked to learn was Hilter and the Third Reich studied the America South. “(The US) was the leading racist jurisdiction—so much so that even Nazi Germany looked to America for inspiration.” “Hitler studies America from afar, both envying and admiring it, and at ...more
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What I was most shocked to learn was Hilter and the Third Reich studied the America South. “(The US) was the leading racist jurisdiction—so much so that even Nazi Germany looked to America for inspiration.” “Hitler studies America from afar, both envying and admiring it, and at ...more
Book Riot Read Harder 2021: a book of investigative fiction by an author of color.
This book should be read by everyone. The concept of this book, that America has a caste system just as India and Nazi Germany, isn't a shock (I mean, *I* wasn't surprised at the premise...ick, how sad is that?), but reading the *how* this caste system has evolved and *continues* to persist is harrowing, to say the least. Minus one star for the author's writing style, which wasn't my bag, and that the American cast ...more
This book should be read by everyone. The concept of this book, that America has a caste system just as India and Nazi Germany, isn't a shock (I mean, *I* wasn't surprised at the premise...ick, how sad is that?), but reading the *how* this caste system has evolved and *continues* to persist is harrowing, to say the least. Minus one star for the author's writing style, which wasn't my bag, and that the American cast ...more
Mar 13, 2021
Robynn
marked it as to-read
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