A #1 New York Times Bestseller
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National Book Award Longlisted
Longlisted For The Pen/Jean Stein Book Award and the Pen/John Kenneth Galbraith Award For Nonfiction
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Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences peoplea�TMs lives and behavior and the nationa�TMs fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Isabel Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations. Using riveting stories about people, she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. Wilkerson explores how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by this hidden caste system and points to ways America can move toward hope in our common humanity.