An exchange between the Florida Republican and a top US military official provides hope that a major American institution understands the complexities of race
Well stated. I am currently reading a book that you might find interesting. It is called Caste The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. From the book jacket:
"Wilkerson portrays how beyond race, class, or other factors, a powerful caste system influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste system of America to India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, and stigma. Using stories about people--including Martin Luther King Jr. Satchel Paige, and a single father and his toddler son, as well as Wilkerson herself---she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally she points forward to ways American can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity."
Well stated. I am currently reading a book that you might find interesting. It is called Caste The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. From the book jacket:
"Wilkerson portrays how beyond race, class, or other factors, a powerful caste system influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste system of America to India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, and stigma. Using stories about people--including Martin Luther King Jr. Satchel Paige, and a single father and his toddler son, as well as Wilkerson herself---she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally she points forward to ways American can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity."
Yes! Thanks, Judith!