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A Black and Asian Female V.P. Doesn’t Mean We’ve Escaped Caste

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38:25 | Jan 21st, 2021

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At the inauguration on Wednesday, Kamala Harris became vice president — the nation’s first Black person, the first Asian person and the first woman to do so — and President Biden spoke of “a cry for r...Show More


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mm recommended:Feb 9th, 2021

Fascinating discussion about caste and how the caste system is in the US and was in the Hitler's Germany. Also interesting conversation about the difference between casteism and racism.

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mmFeb 9th, 2021

@shopceremonie You might enjoy this convo re: casteism in the US.

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mmMar 17th, 2021

@yesitsamerica this episode about castes!

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rmmiller364 recommended:Jan 31st, 2021

I’ve been meaning to read Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste for awhile now and this just makes me even more eager to get to it.

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lesly recommended:Jan 24th, 2021

Isabel speaks knowledgably about current caste systems and provides a very interesting take on how we should carefully not impulsively, proceed forward with minorities in positions of authority despite our excitement.

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