Caste : the origins of our discontents : adapted for young adults

Wilkerson, Isabel, author.

First edition.

Book

New York : Delacorte Press, [2022]

©2022

338 pages ; 22 cm

Readers will be fascinated by this young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling nonfiction work as they follow masterful narratives about real people that reveal an insidious phenomenon in the United States: a hidden caste system. Caste is not only about race or class; it is about power—which groups have it and which do not. Isabel Wilkerson explores historical social hierarchies, including those in India and Nazi Germany, and explains how perpetuating these rankings dehumanizes vast sections of society. Once we learn the reasons behind caste and see the often heartbreaking effects, Wilkerson says, we can bridge the divides and make way for an inclusive future where we are all equal.

"This work is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, copyright © 2020. Originally published in the United States in hardcover by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC , New York, in 2020"-- Provided by publisher.

1330L Lexile

Ages 12 and up Delacorte Press.

Caste -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Social stratification -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Social classes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Classism -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Ethnicity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.

Glencoe (Ill.) -- Central School research projects.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

The man in the crowd -- A structure built long ago -- The arbitrary construction of human divisions -- The eight pillars of casts -- The tentacies of caste -- The consequences of caste -- Backlash -- Awakening -- Epilogue: A world without caste.

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