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“The human story is filled with pain and tragedy, but among the horrors that we have perpetrated on one another the persecution and attempted termination of the Jewish people, the brutal enslavement of Africans, and the destruction of native American civilizations in many respects are unparalleled.”

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Book:Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist renowned for her profound insights into racial and social issues. Born in New York in 1961, she graduated from Columbia University with a Master's degree in journalism. Wilkerson's work, 'The Warmth of Other Suns', which meticulously documents the mass migration of African Americans from the Southern United States in the mid-20th century, won the Pulitzer Prize. more

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