Kyle Harrison
to-read
Caste
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
- Author
- Isabel Wilkerson
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 496
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Wilkerson reads American race as a caste system, set beside India’s and Nazi Germany’s — the argument being that caste outlives the laws that created it.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by Bearded Reader / Adam (@beardedreaderadam) — “nonfiction books to radicalize your reading” — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@beardedreaderadam/video/7463695024874605870
Connections
- Racism — the subject.
- Inequality — the structure Wilkerson is describing.