Mike_VCaste, capitalism, and urban governance form a triangulated system:
“Caste supplies the moral logic, capitalism rewards its outcomes, and planning institutions manage the interface between the two—often in the language of care, balance, and pragmatism.”
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https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/03/16/caste-cities-and-the-hidden-architecture-of-inequality/
Caste, Cities, and the Hidden Architecture of Inequality - Spacing Vancouver
Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents offers one of the most compelling reframings of inequality in recent public discourse. Rather than treating racism as a matter of prejudice or individual belief, Wilkerson asks us to see it as something deeper and more durable: a caste system—an underlying social architecture that assigns worth, belonging,Continue reading "Caste, Cities, and the Hidden Architecture of Inequality"