Another justification for woke liberalism. All men are evil and perverted, and all White people deserve to die.

"Why we ain't already kill them off." ... "Too many to kill off, I say, Us outnumbered from the start. I speck we knock over one or two, though, through the years, I say."

The book for you if you want to wallow in graphic descriptions of rape, incest, adultery, lesbianism, etc. I made it one-third of the way through and have zero interest in what happens to any of the characters.

I knew I wasn't going to like it when I read Walker's preface, where she wrote:

The core teaching of the novel appears on page 176, and is delivered by Shug Avery, who is not only Celie's beloved but also her spiritual mentor [and, incidentally, the most immoral character in the book]. I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found it. Shug also shares here understanding that the God in whom she delights, a God she feels delights as well in her, is far too all-encompassing to have a gender. This is why, at the very end of the novel, Celie's definition of "God" has changed radially. When she addresses "God" toward the sunset of her life, her "Dear God" includes not only people and sky and trees and stars, but "Dear Everything."

In other words, idolatry — replacing the true God of the Bible with your own construction of a god that meets your wishes and allows you to do whatever you feel like doing.