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020			_a9780593230251 (hardcover)
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020			_z9780593230268 (ebook)
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100	1		_aWilkerson, Isabel, _d1961- _927743
245	1	0	_aCaste : _bthe origins of our discontents / _cIsabel Wilkerson.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c2020.
300			_axvii, 476 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a""As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of America life today"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCaste _zUnited States.
650		4	_aCastas _zEstados Unidos _919228
650		0	_aSocial stratification _zUnited States.
650		4	_aEstratificación social _zEstados Unidos _93390
650		0	_aEthnicity _zUnited States.
650		4	_aEtnicidad _zEstados Unidos _911848
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) _zUnited States.
650		4	_aPoder (Ciencias sociales) _zEstados Unidos _91318
650		4	_aHistoria de las clases sociales _zEstados Unidos _927941
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones raciales _9705
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWilkerson, Isabel. _tCaste _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Random House, [2020] _z9780593230268 _w(DLC) 2020012795
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