(Nonfiction, 496 p. 2020)Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and our nation’s fate. Linking the rigid hierarchy of human rankings in America, India, and Nazi Germany, the book explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more.
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Review by Fatima Bhutto, The Guardian, July 30, 2020
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Terry Gross interviews Isabel Wilkerson, Fresh Air, August 4, 2020 (38 min. audio)
