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082			_a305.5122 WIL-I
100			_aWilkerson, Isabel
245			_aCaste : _bthe lies that divide us / _cIsabel Wilkerson
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bAllen Lane _c2020
300			_a476 p.
365			_aINR _b999.00.
500			_aBeyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations and demonstrates how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs, and she explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions, towards our common humanity. Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives. No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent call for a freer, fairer world.
650			_aSocial stratification
650			_aCaste
650			_aPower (Social sciences)
650			_aRace relations
650			_aUnited States
650			_aEthnicity
650			_aSocial classes
650			_aClassism
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