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Isabel Wilkerson

“What is the difference between racism and casteism? Because caste and race are interwoven in America, it can be hard to separate the two. Any action or institution that mocks, harms, assumes, or attaches inferiority or stereotype on the basis of the social construct of race can be considered racism. Any action or structure that seeks to limit, hold back, or put someone in a defined ranking, seeks to keep someone in their place by elevating or denigrating that person on the basis of their perceived category, can be seen as casteism.”

Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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