Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Very accurate and timely. Wilkerson does a brilliant job writing this book. The research was extensive. Excellent!

To know that we as people seem to always have a need to have a hierarchy is very fascinating. The author did an amazing job explaining how Caste is not just about status but can be made through race and how it relates to racism.

This book was thorough and powerfully written. I found the caste explanation of race in the US to be perfect for explaining all of the ways our structure reinforces race-discrimination. Everyone should read and digest this book. So important for us to talk about where we are, so we can intentionally start to dismantle this caste system.

Wilkerson compares historical systems in the United States, India, and Nazi Germany, presenting caste as a hidden framework https://chicken-pirate-1hp.com that organizes society through inherited hierarchy, exclusion, and social conditioning. She identifies several “pillars” that support caste systems, including inherited status, occupational hierarchy, purity concepts, stigma, and enforced separation between groups.

Excellent