Author equates America’s racial divide with Indian castes and persecution by Nazis
Book review: “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, ★★★★★
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No book I read in 2022 has made me think more, nor opened my eyes more, than Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 bestseller Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I had never thought of the United States’ racial divide as a type of caste system. After r…