Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
| Author(s) | Isabel Wilkerson |
|---|---|
| Published | August 4, 2020 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre(s) | Nonfiction |
| Age group | Adult |
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson is an adult non-fiction book, originally published on August 4, 2020.
Caste is a groundbreaking, award-winning book documenting the historical caste system underlying racial discrimination and subconscious hierarchy within the United States. Wilkerson explores the history of caste in the US, India, and Nazi Germany, how caste systems have learned from one another, and the lasting impacts that these biases have had on each country to this day. [1]
Trigger Warnings
- Anxiety
- Assault
- Blood
- Branding of humans
- Castration
- Death
- Depression
- Emotional abuse
- Fire
- Genocide
- Gore
- Gun violence
- Misogyny
- Mutilation
- Physical abuse
- Police brutality
- Pregnancy
- Profanity
- PTSD
- Racism
- Rape
- Sadism
- Sexism
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual assault
- Sexual harassment
- Slavery
- Torture
- Violence
- War
- War Crimes
Representation
An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.
- African American female author*
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