
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson (2020)
“A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist argues that America's racial divisions are not merely about race — they are the pillars of a hidden caste system as rigid and brutal as any in human history.”
EraContemporary Nonfiction
Pages476
Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging
AP Appearances2
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