Before we dive into the contents of this book, we would like to tell you all that this book was not only a number one New York Times bestseller and a longlist nominee of the National Book Award but it was also a top pick of Oprah Winfrey’s esteemed book club.
We obviously had great expectations for this one and thankfully, it did not disappoint. Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns carries out her recent book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents with the same love and warmth. Simply describes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents as an expansive interrogation of racism, institutionalized inequality, and injustice. Historically speaking, whenever we think of caste and its systematic institutionalization, our mind goes straight to the South Asian region and especially India where caste and identity politics have played a pivotal role in the political and historical consciousness of the country.
However, Caste The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson brings this debate to contemporary America. This is an American reckoning and so it should be. It is a painfully resonant book and could not have come at a more urgent time. We highly recommend this read.
About the book:
Caste The Origins of Our Discontents eBook
Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher: Random House; Reprint edition
Publish date: (August 4, 2020)
Pages: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 0593230256
ISBN-13: 978-0593230251
Language: English
Genres: Historical Study