TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkerson,Isabel
TI  - Caste: the origins of our discontents 
SN  - 9780593230251
AV  - HT725.U6 W55 2020
U1  - 305.5/122 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Caste
KW  - United States
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Race relations
N1  - "Oprah's book club, 2020"; Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-453) and index
N2  - The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. Wilkerson explores how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. 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. She discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -