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020			_a9781432885168 _q(hardback)
020			_a1432885162 _q(hardback)
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035			_a(Sirsi) i9781432885168
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781432885168
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100	1		_aWilkerson, Isabel, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCaste _h[text (large print)] : _bthe origins of our discontents / _cIsabel Wilkerson.
250			_aLarge print edition.
264		1	_aWaterville, Maine : _bThorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, _c2021.
264		4	_c�2020
300			_a709 pages (large print) ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
340			_nlarge print (16 point) _2rda
490	1		_aThorndike Press large print nonfiction.
500			_a"Oprah's book club, 2020" -- Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 687-706).
520			_a"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 book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a 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. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. 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. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity"-- _cProvided by the publisher.
520			_aBeyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’ s lives and behavior and the nation’ s fate. 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.
650		0	_aCaste _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial classes _zUnited States.
650		0	_aClassism _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEthnic relations.
650		0	_aSocial stratification _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEthnicity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations.
655		7	_aLarge print books. _2lcgft
830		0	_aThorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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989			_aKCPABIB.026 _b20210227
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