Caste

Buddy read with Jeananne. We had to break it up into three different discussions, because it was just too heavy to deal with all at once. That said, Wilkerson is clearly brilliant, her thesis and argument about race vs. caste and the hierarchies we're entrenched in (unless we intentionally break out of them) make a lot of sense, and also despite her focus on one caste system that has been entirely dismantled (Nazi Germany), I can't see how, within my lifetime at least, the American caste system would be able to eradicated. It took 60 years after the Civil Rights movement for it to evolve into the place it's at now - which is still not great. And I was ENTIRELY unfamiliar with India's caste system. I learned so much, and the personal storytelling brought it to life. I was always engaged, even if it took me a month and a half to read.

As I predicted, this was a fantastic follow up to our previous buddy read, The New Jim Crow. I think it's my turn to pick next, so what weighty, harrowing tome should I choose?! (I mean, I'm kind of kidding but not entirely.)