Isabel Wilkerson

BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES«A medida que avanzamos en nuestra vida cotidiana, la casta es el acomodador silencioso en un teatro a oscuras que, con la luz de su linterna, nos guía por los pasillo

In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prizewinning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class. Revealing and timely, this work will speak to young people who are engaged more than ever with the world around them, or to anyone who believes in a more just existence for all.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 powerwhich 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.

A mais contundente análise dos impactos do racismo na sociedade contemporânea. Neste best-seller internacional, a jornalista Isabel Wilkerson, vencedora do prêmio Pulitzer, compara os Estados Unidos,

A landmark piece of non-fiction Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better life From 1915 to 1970, an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America. With stunning historical detail, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this definitive, vividly dramatic account of how these journeys unfolded. Based on interviews with more than a thousand people, and access to new data and official records, The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of Americas Great Migration through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career.Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country journeys, as well as how they changed their new homes forever.You will never forget these people Gay TaleseA brilliant and stirring epic John Stauffer, Wall Street JournalThe mass migration of African Americans out of the US south forever changed the countrys cultural fabric - and Wilkersons history of this period is full of sacrifice and hope ... a long overdue account Lettecha Johnson, GuardianA deeply affecting, finely crafted and heroic book. . . .Wilkerson has taken on one of the most important demographic upheavals of the past century and told it through the lives of three people ... lyrical and tragic Jill Lepore, New Yorker

THE TIME NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Powerful and timely ... I cannot recommend it strongly enough" - Barack ObamaBeyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson provides a profound, eye-opening portrait of this hidden phenomenon. This is the story of how our world was shaped by caste, and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseballs Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways we can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Required reading for all of humanity Oprah Winfrey"If you havent read it yet, you absolutely must." - Edward Enninful, VogueAn instant American classic Dwight Garner, The New York Times

BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES«A medida que avanzamos en nuestra vida cotidiana, la casta es el acomodador silencioso en un teatro a oscuras que, con la luz de su linterna, nos guía por los pasillo

A landmark piece of non fiction Janet Maslin The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize this is one of the great untold stories of American history the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better life From 1915 to 1970 an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America With stunning historical detail Pulitzer prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this definitive vividly dramatic account of how these journeys unfolded Based on interviews with more than a thousand people and access to new data and official records The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of America s Great Migration through the lives of three unique individuals Ida Mae Gladney who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago where she achieved quiet blue collar success and in old age voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat sharp and quick tempered George Starling who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights saw his family fall and finally found peace in God and Robert Foster who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful med