Nonfiction Book Club: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Seekonk, MA – Join us for a lively discussion of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson on Tuesday, August 29th at 6:00 PM at Seekonk Public Library. The title is available digitally as an ebook and audiobook through Libby, or you may place a hold and pick up a print copy at the library. New members are always welcome!

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 brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful 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. 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… Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity."-- Provided by publisher.

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