Isabel Wilkerson
Author
Language
English
Description
""As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Paidós
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Formats
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BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES
«A medida que avanzamos en nuestra vida cotidiana, la casta es el acomodador silencioso en un teatro a oscuras que, con la luz de su linterna, nos guía por los pasillos hacia nuestros asientos asignados para una actuación. La jerarquía de castas no trata de sentimientos o moralidad, trata de poder: de qué grupos lo tienen y cuáles no.»
Más allá de la raza o la clase, nuestras vidas están definidas por un...