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2. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Wikipedia

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   Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson, published in August 2020 by Random House.The book describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system—a society-wide system of social stratification characterized by notions such as hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, and purity.

3. ‘Origin’ Review: Ava DuVernay’s Monumental Look at ‘Caste ...

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   These details make Isabel’s character richer and more relatable, expanding upon the kind of anecdotes Wilkerson chose to share in her book. The big risk Wilkerson took with “Caste” was not ...

4. Isabel Wilkerson - Wikipedia

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   Wilkerson interviewed more than a thousand people for The Warmth of Other Suns (2010), which documents the stories of African Americans who migrated to northern and western cities during the 20th century. Her 2020 book Caste describes the racial hierarchy in the United States as a caste system. Both books were best-sellers.

5. Origin (film) - Wikipedia

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   Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay.It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

6. “My Book Was Banned”: This Oprah’s Book Club ... - AOL

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   Regarding book bans, Oprah's Book Club author of "Caste," Isabel Wilkerson, explains how it felt when she discovered her own work had been removed from libraries. Regarding book bans, Oprah's Book ...

7. Movie Review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ is a powerful, artful ...

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   Instead of rehashing the facts of the book, DuVernay has turned “Caste” into an investigative, fictionalized drama in which we follow the character Isabel Wilkerson as she puts the pieces ...

8. Ava DuVernay on her ‘rebellious and radical’ new film ‘Origin ...

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   An adaptation of bestseller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson makes the case it is not race but the structures of caste ...

9. The Warmth of Other Suns - Wikipedia

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   The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration is a 2010 non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson.The book provides a detailed historical account of the Great Migration, a movement of approximately six million African Americans from the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast, and West between 1915 and 1970.