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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (eBook)
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- Print Length: 648 Pages
- 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 outcasting 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.
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Various Retailers have Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (eBook) by Isabel Wilkerson on sale for $2.99.
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Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.
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- Amazon (Kindle eBook)
- Apple Books
- Barnes & Noble (NOOK eBook)
- Google Play Store
- Kobo
- eBooks.com
- Print Length: 648 Pages
- 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 outcasting 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.
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this deal:
- 4.8 out of 5 stars rating on Amazon based on 45,440+ customer reviews.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- About the store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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Call it a dog-whistle if you want but the combo is pretty blatant. For reference, blackshirts were the action squads in Mussolini's Italy.
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I read The Warmth of Other Suns first, and became interested in following up with her other works bought Caste. After the first 20-30 interesting pages, it became a disappointment, repetitive, and kind of rant-ish.
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Call it a dog-whistle if you want but the combo is pretty blatant. For reference, blackshirts were the action squads in Mussolini's Italy.
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I guess I can now post deals on The Turner Diaries and Mein Kampf.
FYI - HItler's symbol was Hakenkreuz not Swastika. They didn't want to associate evil with the cross, so they used a symbol of peace to symbolize their sins.
Also, the Chai latte is not Chai. Peace <3
Rare and rarer that something can be seriously critiqued that is tooting its own race horn or not be dismissed by racist idiots or glorified by guilty lib-simps.
I did both my graduate theses on caste and this book would be mocked if everyone wasn't expected to act like a guilty white liberal.
Great if you want journalism majors to handle scholarly material.
I prefer to read books from people who are rigorous not a laugh track with a pencil.
Or don't.
More importantly. Once you make your decision...piss off again.
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Rare and rarer that something can be seriously critiqued that is tooting its own race horn or not be dismissed by racist idiots or glorified by guilty lib-simps.
I did both my graduate theses on caste and this book would be mocked if everyone wasn't expected to act like a guilty white liberal.
Great if you want journalism majors to handle scholarly material.
I prefer to read books from people who are rigorous not a laugh track with a pencil.
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