Caste

This book, which was a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club pick, delves into the unseen caste system that has shaped America and continues to define our lives today. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Isabel Wilkerson, explores how America has been influenced by a hidden hierarchy of human rankings, which go beyond race, class, or other factors. Using real-life stories, Wilkerson examines the eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations and shows how the logic of caste requires there to be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against. She also discusses the health costs of caste, including depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Ultimately, she points toward ways America can move beyond these destructive separations and toward hope in our common humanity. Beautifully written and original, this book is a revealing examination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.

作者简介

IsabelWilkerson,winnerofthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalHumanitiesMedal,istheauthorofthecriticallyacclaimedNewYorkTimesbestsellerTheWarmthofOtherSuns.HerdebutworkwontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforNonfictionandwasnamedtoTime’s10BestNonfictionBooksofthe2010sandTheNewYorkTimes’slistoftheBestNonfictionofAllTime.She...