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AuthorIsabel Wilkerson
PublisherRandom House
Publication dateAugust 4, 2020
Print length649 pages
Customer Reviews4.8⭐ / 47,742 ratings
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY • OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Referenced in the historic 2026 Supreme Court decision in the concurrence by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who, in affirming birthright citizenship, called the Reconstruction Amendments "an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the nation."

"An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."—Dwight Garner,
The New York Times

"[Caste] changes the lens through which we see the world."—Oprah Winfrey for Time, "25 Books That Capture This American Moment"

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions—now with a new afterword by the author.

"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."

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, Isabel 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. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, The New York Public Library, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award • Dayton Literary Prize Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist • Kirkus Prize Finalist

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AuthorIsabel Wilkerson
PublisherRandom House
Publication dateAugust 4, 2020
Print length649 pages
Customer Reviews4.8⭐ / 47,742 ratings
Great on Kindle

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY • OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Referenced in the historic 2026 Supreme Court decision in the concurrence by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who, in affirming birthright citizenship, called the Reconstruction Amendments "an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the nation."

"An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."—Dwight Garner,
The New York Times

"[Caste] changes the lens through which we see the world."—Oprah Winfrey for Time, "25 Books That Capture This American Moment"

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions—now with a new afterword by the author.

"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."

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, Isabel 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. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, The New York Public Library, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award • Dayton Literary Prize Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist • Kirkus Prize Finalist

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tanman99Aug 3, 2026 8:28 AM
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The movie was great on Disney+. Definitely an eye opener.
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Quote from fmorgan98 :
Yet another "insight book" on how racist and sexist and oppressive and divided and phobia.....we are.
Well, when facts and data can prove how unfair our systems are, people still are in denial. Success and happiness are not finite things that need to be split amongst people. Everyone can be both, but the oligarchs are rigging the system so us peons fight each other and get distracted by trivial matters while they play us like puppets.
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doitdontdoitAug 5, 2026 2:57 PM
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Quote from ratbastard :
Well, when facts and data can prove how unfair our systems are, people still are in denial. Success and happiness are not finite things that need to be split amongst people. Everyone can be both, but the oligarchs are rigging the system so us peons fight each other and get distracted by trivial matters while they play us like puppets.
Time to go back to bed
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ratbastardAug 5, 2026 7:27 PM
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Quote from doitdontdoit :
Time to go back to bed
Yes, you should. I, on the other hand, will be steadfast in being aWOKE.
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Quote from ratbastard :
Well, when facts and data can prove how unfair our systems are, people still are in denial. Success and happiness are not finite things that need to be split amongst people. Everyone can be both, but the oligarchs are rigging the system so us peons fight each other and get distracted by trivial matters while they play us like puppets.
The systems are "unfair" because they were never given time to adapt. Progressives in the 1960s demanded rapid social change which resulted in anomie. Now those with room temp IQs are wondering why the country is so fractured 🤣

BTW, if it's really the oligarchs, progressive activists need to stop being such an immense annoyance to their immediate community/neighbors and - oh, I don't know - maybe take their fight to the actual oligarchs? They can start at 136 Cantitoe St, Katonah, NY 10536
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elprincipalAug 7, 2026 9:20 AM
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Quote from TheSavvyOne :
Blaming society for personal failings is so 2020. Let's move on already.
When society wants certain people to fail, yes it's personal.
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elprincipalAug 7, 2026 9:24 AM
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Poor white people in these comments not realizing they are also at the bottom of a caste system because rich white people don't give a damn about them and pimp them for their profit while those poor white folks defend them and don't realize they were set up to blame black and brown people and not the ones of their own color who pick their pockets is the ultimate brainwashing.
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macdaddybjAug 7, 2026 11:34 PM
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Quote from fmorgan98 :
Yet another "insight book" on how racist and sexist and oppressive and divided and phobia.....we are.
Yet another "insight" on a book without ever reading a page.
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OrangebassAug 8, 2026 3:06 AM
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Quote from TheSavvyOne :
Blaming society for personal failings is so 2020. Let's move on already.
its funny you say free society when a corporation or wealthy person can have considerably more influence than the average person(s). Free or fair might be a stretch especially as time progresses
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TheSavvyOneAug 9, 2026 5:49 AM
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Quote from elprincipal :
Poor white people in these comments not realizing they are also at the bottom of a caste system because rich white people don't give a damn about them and pimp them for their profit while those poor white folks defend them and don't realize they were set up to blame black and brown people and not the ones of their own color who pick their pockets is the ultimate brainwashing.
Low IQ non-white people and their self-loathing white counterparts in these comments denying personal agency and refusing to accept personal accountability because they think utopia is just one revolution away.

Hey Che, one of the most politically active oligarchs that wishes for a huge swath of the US population to fail lives at 136 Cantitoe St, Katonah, NY 10536. Now go fight the power. Betcha you won't.
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