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EPISODE · Sep 15, 2020 · 7 MIN

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, read by Robin Miles

from Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes · host Janna Stam

Has public conversation about racism stalled because we’re limited by the language we use? In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson sets out to reframe how we think about and discuss systemic and structural racism.“Of all the books I’ve chosen for book club over the decades, there isn’t another that is more essential a read than this one." – Oprah Winfrey, Oprah's Book Club pickIsabel Wilkerson is an American writer and the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer prize. She was also presented with the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and she is considered a leading figure in narrative nonfiction. She’s also the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, published in 2010Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54918685-casteAudio production by Graham StephensonEpisode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions

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