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04552aam a2200685Ii 4500 001 7B28608C6AA411EB90829B3829ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210209010015 008 210122t20212020meu db 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1432885162 020 $a 9781432885168 035 $a (OCoLC)1232241027 040 $a JBI $b eng $e rda $c JBI $d OCLCO $d IV7 $d UAP $d OCLCO $d JIM $d SILO 082 04 $a 305.5/122 $2 23 100 1 $a Wilkerson, Isabel, $e author. 245 10 $a Caste : $b the origins of our discontents (Large Type) / $c Isabel Wilkerson. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2021. 300 $a 709 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print (16 point) $2 rda 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction. 500 $a "Oprah's book club, 2020" -- Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographic references (pages 687-706). 520 $a "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. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. 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 out-cast 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"-- $c Provided by the publisher. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Caste $z United States. 650 0 $a Social classes $z United States. 650 0 $a Classism $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Ethnic relations. 650 0 $a Social stratification $z United States. 650 0 $a Ethnicity $z United States. 650 0 $a Power (Social sciences) $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. 655 0 $a Large type books. 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. 941 $a 21 945 $a lpt 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20240410010837.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040112.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314022424.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020339.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022918.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203015908.0 952 $l KIPA631 $d 20221220171008.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20221008011007.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063544.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20220308011039.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20220205012031.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210930010135.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210504010248.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20210428014521.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210402012425.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210304010607.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210304010329.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20210302012220.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20210216010203.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20210211010822.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210210010350.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B28608C6AA411EB90829B3829ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search