Caste : the origins of our discontents : adapted for young adults

Author

Isabel Wilkerson

Call Number

• 305.5122 W681.1 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Delacorte Press, [2022]

Physical Description

338 pages ; 22 cm

Audience

Ages 12 and up Delacorte Press.

Summary

"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"--

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.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• 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.