Driving from DC to Kentucky and back, we managed to finish the audiobook version of this. Out of all the books on history, racism, and current events, this by far is one of the best books on the subject of racism in America. Again and again, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson hammers home that racism is far from over in the U.S., and how it is throughly embedded in current society today. I did not feel like any of the chapters or messages were repetitive, and the examples drive home that America does indeed have a caste system that disadvantages entire swaths of the population.
She mostly draws from WWII and the Indian caste system, as well as current events and her own experiences. Her story with the plumber at the end- a perfect way to begin closing out the book.
As a former educator and current education policy analyst, I would say that if I had to choose one book for every teacher and pre-service teacher to read, it would be this book. Once they put it down, I think it would be impossible for anyone to worm out of the argument that there is a caste system in the U.S., and everyone needs to do there part to completely buck it.
She mostly draws from WWII and the Indian caste system, as well as current events and her own experiences. Her story with the plumber at the end- a perfect way to begin closing out the book.
As a former educator and current education policy analyst, I would say that if I had to choose one book for every teacher and pre-service teacher to read, it would be this book. Once they put it down, I think it would be impossible for anyone to worm out of the argument that there is a caste system in the U.S., and everyone needs to do there part to completely buck it.
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