📚 I recently finished reading The Warmth Of Other Suns - the story of the Great Migration, the movement of Black Americans out of the South from about 1915 to 1970 - by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson. Telling the story through the eyes of 3 people who experienced that journey made for a moving + enlightening read. 📚

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Please read or listen to Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: the Origin of Our Discontents. https://www.isabelwilkerson.com

Also watch the masterful film adaptation, ORIGIN, by Ava DuVernay. https://arraynow.com/project/origin/

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Listening to CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) - Isabel Wilkerson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste%3A_The_Origins_of_Our_Discontents

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Should have read it sooner, but now Warmth of Other Suns is my Bible of sorts. My own cultural, spiritual Odyssey.

Essential, blood, of the bone.

May well be the most honest testament to the stages of life, in complete honesty, ever. Not only the long, slow arc of our great Migration. But of life, youth to sunset, death, in lovingly, beautiful, torturous prose.

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Trying to make some sense of the current moment by reading Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents". Finding it informative and mind bending.

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Discussing — #Caste, by #IsabelWilkerson (2020)
an awesome book i’ve discussed before, but i’ve seen so many comments in the past 24 hours about UK supreme court, and the definition of women… i think it was this book helped me understand the *why* of all this bigotry

a caste system = a society-wide system of social stratification characterized by notions such as hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, and purity.

the book explored US style #racism = a caste system
(because e.g. if whites really thought blacks inferior why would they let them look after white children? and similar questions.)
so, what is the purpose of the system (as reflected in what the system does)
—-
wilkerson explored 8 pillars of caste: (paraphrased, for more detail see e.g. wikipedia on 8 pillars of caste)…

the idea god wants society stratified;
social status acquired at birth is immutable
endogamy/ anti-miscegenation laws
pure caste > polluting caste
occupational advantages/ disadvantages should reflect caste
tools of dehumanisation/ stigma
terror and cruelty
inherent superiority/ inferiority

the patriarchal kool-aid drinking terf worldview is
obsessed with policing gender because it is necessary to maintain the inferior (economic) status / caste of women

Just watched #AvaDuVernay’s film Origin on Netflix and that was probably the most emotional film I’ve seen recently. It’s about #IsabelWilkerson’s 2020 book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, and I definitely recommend this underrated film.

Fair warning: the film deals with heavy subjects including racism in the United States, the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, and the caste system in India, bookmarked with the murder of Trayvon Martin, and it can be triggering.

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Seattle folks, here's a great opportunity to hear from and see Isabel Wilkerson. She comes to Town Hall on September 12. Tickets don't cost much. She's one of the best writers alive and has a unique, deep view on why our society and each of our lives are what they are. Visit https://townhallseattle.org/event/isabel-wilkerson/ and see you there!

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#Watching #Origin 2024 Drama by Ava DuVernay 2hrs 20 mins

was really looking forward to seeing this — disappointed at first cos Binge had the streaming rights, but this is now for buy/ or rent from itunes australia

“While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time.”
“Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN is inspired by the remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson as she pens her seminal book, #Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.”

the book Caste made a deep impression on me, but i had no idea just how viscerally this bio/doco/drama would bring home what #IsabelWilkerson has to say about Caste. Not surprised it’s a quality film because Ava DuVernay knows her stuff, but this exceeded my expectations, and then some.
it’s beautifully made, and very moving.
(Okay, i’m wrecked from weeping, but that’s just what i do)

“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."
Heinrich Heine, 1821

https://youtu.be/fgxej41vf5I?feature=shared