Caste : : the Origins of our Discontents : Adapted for Young Adults

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Includes index.
The man in the crowd -- A structure built long ago -- The arbitrary construction of human divisions -- The eight pillars of casts -- The tentacies of caste -- The consequences of caste -- Awakening -- Epilogue: A world without caste.
"This work is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, copyright © 2020 by Isabel Wilkerson. Originally published in the United States in hardcover by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC"-- Provided by publisher.
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.

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eye-opening submitted by 21621032124198 on April 20, 2024, 9:10am I appreciate this book very much and found the thesis of caste to be interesting and frightening. I'd never thought about how caste in America compared to other countries and it is unusual and problematic how we seem to adapt to and accept social rules without question.
The style of writing in this book was a bit foreign to me. I'm not used to a scholarly argument interwoven with subjective story telling. It's entertaining, but I couldn't tell sometimes what was opinion and what was fact (so I very much appreciated the Notes at the end of the book).