Isabel Wilkerson -- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

The Sunday Assembly PGH Multimedia Meetup presents

Isabel Wilkerson's book

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Sun, Dec 8 at 1 pm

Commonplace Coffee, 7514 Thomas Blvd, Pittsburgh

Beyond race, class, or other factors, Wilkerson argues that 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, she 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.

 Alternatives or supplements to reading the book

• Fresh Air  https://www.npr.org/2020/08/04/898574852/its-more-than-racism-isabel-wilkerson-explains-america-s-caste-system
• NY Times book review  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/books/review-caste-isabel-wilkerson-origins-of-our-discontents.html?ogrp=dpl&unlocked_article_code=1.VU4.ZyJu.KUeY0LTzMItQ&smid=url-share
• The film Origin by Ana DuVernay

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