Isabel Wilkerson
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Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Caste is the granting or withholding of respect, status, honor, attention, privileges, resources, benefit of the doubt, and human kindness to someone on the basis of their perceived rank or standing in the hierarchy,”
chicagotribune Monday, January 11, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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"Like other old houses, America has an unseen skeleton, a caste system that is as central to its operation as are the studs and joists that we cannot see in the physical buildings we call home,"
wrcbtv Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:40:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“each version relied on stigmatizing those deemed inferior to justify the dehumanization necessary to keep the lowest-ranked people at the bottom”
Hindu Saturday, October 3, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
foxnews Monday, August 24, 2020 5:24:00 AM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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"Caste is the bones, race the skin,"
palmbeachpost Sunday, August 23, 2020 3:10:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson says
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“The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,”
csmonitor Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:01:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“While all the countries in the New World created hierarchies with Europeans on top,”
dailynews Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:43:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The virus exposed both the vulnerability of all humans and the layers of hierarchy,” “While anyone could contract the virus, it was Asian-Americans who were scapegoated for it merely because they looked like the people from the part of the world that the virus first struck. And as the crisis wore on, it was African-Americans and Latinos who began dying at higher rates. Preexisting conditions, often tied to the stresses on marginalized people, contributed to the divergence. But it was the caste-like occupations at the bottom of the hierarchy— grocery clerks, bus drivers, package deliverers, sanitation workers, low-paying jobs with high levels of public contact— that put them at greater risk of contracting the virus in the first place. These are among the mudsill jobs in a pandemic, the jobs less likely to guarantee health coverage or sick days but that sustain the rest of society, allowing others to shelter in place”
dailynews Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:43:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“While all the countries in the New World created hierarchies with Europeans on top,”
whittierdailynews Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:25:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The virus exposed both the vulnerability of all humans and the layers of hierarchy,” “While anyone could contract the virus, it was Asian-Americans who were scapegoated for it merely because they looked like the people from the part of the world that the virus first struck. And as the crisis wore on, it was African-Americans and Latinos who began dying at higher rates. Preexisting conditions, often tied to the stresses on marginalized people, contributed to the divergence. But it was the caste-like occupations at the bottom of the hierarchy— grocery clerks, bus drivers, package deliverers, sanitation workers, low-paying jobs with high levels of public contact— that put them at greater risk of contracting the virus in the first place. These are among the mudsill jobs in a pandemic, the jobs less likely to guarantee health coverage or sick days but that sustain the rest of society, allowing others to shelter in place”
whittierdailynews Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:25:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality,” “It is about power—which groups have it and which do not”
smithsonianmag Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:20:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson says
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“It does its work invisibly, really, it’s often unseen,”
nytimes Monday, August 10, 2020 6:02:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson wrote
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"Caste and race are neither synonymous nor mutually exclusive. They can and do coexist in the same culture and serve to reinforce each other,"
news18 Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:28:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“With an old house, the work is never done, and you don’t expect it to be,”
bostonglobe Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:47:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson explains
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“Caste is the infrastructure of our divisions,”
bostonglobe Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:47:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson wrote
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"Caste and race are neither synonymous nor mutually exclusive. They can and do coexist in the same culture and serve to reinforce each other,"
wrcbtv Wednesday, August 5, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson explained
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"I present our country as an old house," "And when you have an old house, you know that there's always work to be done on it. And when after a rain, you do not want to go into that basement sometimes because you don't want to know what you might face there, but whatever is there, you're going to have to deal with, whether you wish to or not. It's never going away until you address it"
wrcbtv Wednesday, August 5, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
eurweb Wednesday, August 5, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson said
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“The beauty of the word ‘caste’ is we’re unaccustomed to it,”
news-yahoo Wednesday, August 5, 2020 1:11:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
eurweb Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:00:00 AM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
ChinaPost Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:06:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
readingeagle Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:14:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
siouxcityjournal Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:12:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
fox13memphis Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:07:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
wcfcourier Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:43:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
dailyjournal Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:31:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
startribune Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:29:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
gazette Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:28:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
wftv Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:24:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
wacotrib Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:22:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
missoulian Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:15:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
tribtown Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:05:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
msn-uk Tuesday, August 4, 2020 5:00:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
simcoe Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:59:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
timesdaily Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:43:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
clickondetroit Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:43:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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"You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,"
timescolonist Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
news4jax Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:40:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
680news Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:30:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
wsoctv Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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"You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,"
startribune Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:17:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
click2houston Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:15:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
TorontoStar Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:15:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
therepublic Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:02:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
kiro7 Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:57:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson told
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“You cannot solve a problem unless you identify it and define it,”
actionnewsjax Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:51:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Before there was a United States of America,”
guardian Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:28:00 AM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Before there was a United States of America,”
msn-uk Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson said
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“This woman instantly knew to evoke centuries of caste privilege as a white woman and endanger the life of a black man,”
WashingtonPost Wednesday, May 27, 2020 7:54:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
brownsvilleherald Monday, March 16, 2020 8:31:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
beaumontenterprise Monday, March 16, 2020 7:55:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Caste is the bones, race is the skin,”
therepublic Monday, March 16, 2020 7:33:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
therepublic Monday, March 16, 2020 7:33:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Caste is the bones, race is the skin,”
tribtown Monday, March 16, 2020 7:20:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
tribtown Monday, March 16, 2020 7:20:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Caste is the bones, race is the skin,”
dailyjournal Monday, March 16, 2020 7:04:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
dailyjournal Monday, March 16, 2020 7:04:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Caste is the bones, race is the skin,”
citynews-ca Monday, March 16, 2020 6:32:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
citynews-ca Monday, March 16, 2020 6:32:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
readingeagle Monday, March 16, 2020 3:31:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
actionnewsjax Monday, March 16, 2020 3:03:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
kiro7 Monday, March 16, 2020 3:02:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
seattlepi Monday, March 16, 2020 2:59:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“The human impulse to create hierarchies runs across societies and cultures”
news-yahoo Monday, March 16, 2020 2:48:00 PM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson writes
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“Over the course of six decades, some six million black southerners left the land of their forefathers and fanned across the country for an uncertain existence in nearly every other corner of America,” “The Great Migration would become a turning point in history. It would transform urban America and recast the social and political order of every city it touched. It would force the South to search its soul and finally to lay aside a feudal caste system”
historynewsnetwork Monday, February 25, 2019 1:27:00 AM EAT
Isabel Wilkerson concludes
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about Dream
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“Over the decades, perhaps the wrong questions have been asked about the Great Migration,” “Perhaps it is not a question of whether the migrants brought good or ill to the cities they fled to or were pushed or pulled to their destinations, but a question of how they summoned the courage to leave in the first place or how they found the will to press beyond the forces against them and the faith in the country that had rejected them for so long. By their actions, they did not dream the American Dream, they willed it into being by a definition of their own choosing”
historynewsnetwork Monday, February 25, 2019 1:27:00 AM EAT
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