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Review: Hope and Love - I didn't want to read this book. I did very much enjoy Isabel Wilkerson's Warmth of Other Suns, and I've enjoyed so many other historic books on race I guess I assumed this would be a "preaching to the choir" kind of book that I didn't need. I've also read "White Trash" by Nancy Isenberg and "Hillbilly Elegy" by the now Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance to help me better understand white sentiment and seemingly endless anger. But my sister said I had to read it so I did. It's easy reading, candid, engaging and non preachy. There's no angry tone. There's reasoning and methodical stories of caste and comparisons between USA, India and ouch . . Natzi Germany. And still there's no villainizing. Just comparisons and stories. So why was it also uncomfortable reading? Well I like history. It's safe and it's back there, and helps me understand the world today. This is a history book, but it makes the connection and reaches into current times in a compelling, truthful and ultimately disturbing way. Racism isn't over. And it doesn't automatically go away. If a caste system exists, it exists whether it's acknowledged or not. This book presents caste as a neverending story. I'm not sorry that it was upsetting for me or that I had to read in short segments. Do whites really need to have a designated lower black class in our country - or else discontentment (which is a nice way of putting it) sets in and basically takes over? Is this our security? Ouch. Big ouch as in - ouch of a lifetime. What a landmark book. You can't read this and be the same person, whatever race you call yourself. Ok maybe you can. But I'm not. So many good wishes at the end of the book too. "A world without caste would set everyone free." Ms. Wilkerson then exonerates us to "make a connection" across caste. She doesn't use the word love, but that's what this book is all about. Hope and love.
Review: A Different Look at American "Haves" and "Have Nots" - Isabel Wilkerson has hit the refresh button on injustice, prejudice and bigotry in America. Rather than filter a "conversation about race" through a black or white prism the author reframes the discussion entirely to one of caste. Black and White is rarely referenced--Dominant and Subordinate (subhuman) castes are all. Not even the almighty $ trumps caste--the poorest white member of the dominant caste may think himself superior to a successful, affluent African American "subordinate." For 4 centuries Americans have installed and sustained a caste system as fixed and as rigid as that of India; as pernicious and as brutal as Nazi Germany's. This is a breathtaking claim but one painstakingly and systematically proved. Since the second decade of the 17th century White European colonists, later White Americans have ruled, by installing themselves as the American Brahmins and paradigms and African American slaves as the Dalits--untouchable and subhuman. Sandwiched in-between are Asians and Latinos, mixes and browns. The castes existed in North and South during colonial times and continue to this day. Immigrant waves quickly learned they would be assigned a caste in America and scrambled (i.e., bought into the racist premises of White elites) to avoid a life of degradation and servitude lumped in with African American subordinates. The book's first half or more lays out the author's 8 pillars of casts and the second third-to-half proves her point with sociological, psychological and scientific research and testing. There is a smattering of personal and anecdotal information that puts a human face on this sociological tragedy. The negative reviewers hollering "bias" are projecting onto Wilkerson their own shortcomings. The author determinedly and relentlessly proves her point: America is not only a closed, racist Caste System, its claims of exceptionalism are fraudulent by any fair, quantified standard. Among advanced Western nations we have the worst health care, the worst educational system and appalling life expectancies, not to mention the lowest happiness indices. We are exceptional for our complete lack of exceptionalness in every meaningful category. This is an important book. One that unflinchingly details victimization without wallowing in victimhood. Wilkerson not only demands change--she gives us a road map: destroy the American Caste System that makes a mockery of our highest ideals. She calls upon American Whites to invent a new class of heroes. Tear down the statues of the Confederacy and erect statues to Abolitionists, Sojourner Truths, Frederick Douglasses , James Baldwins, Albert Einsteins and every unknown slave who resisted the American Caste System. Wilkerson calls upon us all to find worthier heroes. She asks us to dream an American Dream that is more expansive, humane and decent. For all the tragedy therein, Caste is extraordinarily hopeful. I hope millions will read and absorb its lessons.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #2,506 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Slavery & Emancipation History #2 in Sociology of Class #16 in Sociology Reference |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 47,477 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hope and Love
*by J***T on August 1, 2024*

I didn't want to read this book. I did very much enjoy Isabel Wilkerson's Warmth of Other Suns, and I've enjoyed so many other historic books on race I guess I assumed this would be a "preaching to the choir" kind of book that I didn't need. I've also read "White Trash" by Nancy Isenberg and "Hillbilly Elegy" by the now Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance to help me better understand white sentiment and seemingly endless anger. But my sister said I had to read it so I did. It's easy reading, candid, engaging and non preachy. There's no angry tone. There's reasoning and methodical stories of caste and comparisons between USA, India and ouch . . Natzi Germany. And still there's no villainizing. Just comparisons and stories. So why was it also uncomfortable reading? Well I like history. It's safe and it's back there, and helps me understand the world today. This is a history book, but it makes the connection and reaches into current times in a compelling, truthful and ultimately disturbing way. Racism isn't over. And it doesn't automatically go away. If a caste system exists, it exists whether it's acknowledged or not. This book presents caste as a neverending story. I'm not sorry that it was upsetting for me or that I had to read in short segments. Do whites really need to have a designated lower black class in our country - or else discontentment (which is a nice way of putting it) sets in and basically takes over? Is this our security? Ouch. Big ouch as in - ouch of a lifetime. What a landmark book. You can't read this and be the same person, whatever race you call yourself. Ok maybe you can. But I'm not. So many good wishes at the end of the book too. "A world without caste would set everyone free." Ms. Wilkerson then exonerates us to "make a connection" across caste. She doesn't use the word love, but that's what this book is all about. Hope and love.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Different Look at American "Haves" and "Have Nots"
*by L***N on February 22, 2021*

Isabel Wilkerson has hit the refresh button on injustice, prejudice and bigotry in America. Rather than filter a "conversation about race" through a black or white prism the author reframes the discussion entirely to one of caste. Black and White is rarely referenced--Dominant and Subordinate (subhuman) castes are all. Not even the almighty $ trumps caste--the poorest white member of the dominant caste may think himself superior to a successful, affluent African American "subordinate." For 4 centuries Americans have installed and sustained a caste system as fixed and as rigid as that of India; as pernicious and as brutal as Nazi Germany's. This is a breathtaking claim but one painstakingly and systematically proved. Since the second decade of the 17th century White European colonists, later White Americans have ruled, by installing themselves as the American Brahmins and paradigms and African American slaves as the Dalits--untouchable and subhuman. Sandwiched in-between are Asians and Latinos, mixes and browns. The castes existed in North and South during colonial times and continue to this day. Immigrant waves quickly learned they would be assigned a caste in America and scrambled (i.e., bought into the racist premises of White elites) to avoid a life of degradation and servitude lumped in with African American subordinates. The book's first half or more lays out the author's 8 pillars of casts and the second third-to-half proves her point with sociological, psychological and scientific research and testing. There is a smattering of personal and anecdotal information that puts a human face on this sociological tragedy. The negative reviewers hollering "bias" are projecting onto Wilkerson their own shortcomings. The author determinedly and relentlessly proves her point: America is not only a closed, racist Caste System, its claims of exceptionalism are fraudulent by any fair, quantified standard. Among advanced Western nations we have the worst health care, the worst educational system and appalling life expectancies, not to mention the lowest happiness indices. We are exceptional for our complete lack of exceptionalness in every meaningful category. This is an important book. One that unflinchingly details victimization without wallowing in victimhood. Wilkerson not only demands change--she gives us a road map: destroy the American Caste System that makes a mockery of our highest ideals. She calls upon American Whites to invent a new class of heroes. Tear down the statues of the Confederacy and erect statues to Abolitionists, Sojourner Truths, Frederick Douglasses , James Baldwins, Albert Einsteins and every unknown slave who resisted the American Caste System. Wilkerson calls upon us all to find worthier heroes. She asks us to dream an American Dream that is more expansive, humane and decent. For all the tragedy therein, Caste is extraordinarily hopeful. I hope millions will read and absorb its lessons.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don’t miss this one
*by S***N on January 18, 2026*

Excellent read. Complex events and experiences well told in easy to understand language. Good balance of specific events and their connection to the message. Thoughtful ideas for the future.

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