Reflection and Self-Education For Black History Month
ByTamara Shiloh ‘Caste’ A hidden phenomenon has weaved its way through the surface of American history and defined a so-called hierarchy of human rankings: a caste system. Caste is defined as a “division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race.” In the eye-opening book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents”, author Isabel Wilkerson pens an artful portrait of this phenomenon in America by telling the stories of the lives of real people. Each piece is a thoroughly researched, riveting narrative describing—beyond race...