In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and offical records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. - Back cover
Exploring the intricate dynamics of social stratification, this work delves into the origins and implications of caste systems. It builds upon the themes presented in "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," examining how caste affects individual lives and societal structures. The book offers a profound analysis of the historical and contemporary impacts of caste, providing insights into the persistent inequalities that shape our world.
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power -
which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are
defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden
phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our
world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies
still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight
pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how
our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence
of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious
undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she
explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points
forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions,
towards our common humanity. Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is
an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives.
No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent
call for a freer, fairer world.
'It is the definitive, end all, be all, say all, about what's happening right now' Oprah Winfrey 'A transformative new framework through which to understand identity and injustice' TIME 'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions, towards our common humanity. Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives. No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent call for a freer, fairer world.
In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970. Wilkerson tells this interwoven story through the lives of three unforgettable protagonists: Ida Mae Gladney, a sharecropper’s wife, who in 1937 fled Mississippi for Chicago; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, and Robert Foster, a surgeon who left Louisiana in 1953 in hopes of making it in California. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous cross-country journeys by car and train and their new lives in colonies in the New World. The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is a modern classic.
DAS Buch zur US-Wahl im November 2024: Rassismus, Sexismus, Klassismus sind Sprachen der Unterdrückung. Die Grammatik, die ihnen unsichtbar zugrunde liegt, ist das System der Kaste. In ihrer augenöffnenden Analyse legt die Historikerin und Journalistin Isabel Wilkerson den Blick frei auf eben dieses Regelwerk, nach dem wir entscheiden, wem in einer Gesellschaft Ressourcen und Respekt zugestanden werden – und wem nicht. Wilkerson betrachtet neben den USA die Kastensysteme Indiens und des Dritten Reichs. Sie zeigt, inwiefern selbst die privilegiertesten Menschen der westlichen Welt irgendwann einer benachteiligten Kaste angehören werden: der Kaste der Alten. Und sie erzählt eindrücklich aus dem eigenen Leben. Profund recherchiert, brillant geschrieben.
Všetci ľudia sú na 99,9% rovnakí! Rasa teda nie je vedecký, ale len sociálny konštrukt. A napriek tomu svet stále ovláda fenomén nepísaných zákonov, ktoré ľuďom od narodenia určujú pevné a nemenné miesto v spoločnosti. Buď hore, alebo dole. Americká autorka Isabel Wilkerson, držiteľka Pulitzerovej ceny, skúma americký rasizmus ako druh kastového systému. Vo svojej knihe Kasta nám ponúka detailný portrét tohto fenoménu, porovnáva ho s kastovými systémami v Indii či v nacistickom Nemecku a svoj široký výskum spája s príbehmi obyčajných ľudí, aby nám predviedla, ako tento systému funguje v praxi. Nielen v časoch otrokárstva, ale aj dnes.
