Reading Wilkerson’s “Caste” has me examining Indian lit describing the caste system there, including Mistry’s A Fine Balance and Roy’s God of Small Things.
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Caste in India and the U.S.
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Caste in a Multicultural Democracy
To grapple with Wilkerson’s understanding of racism as a caste system, I turn to Langston Hughes, Twain, and Arundhati Roy.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ku Klux", Caste, Dalits, God of Small Things, Huckleberry Finn, Isabel Wilkerson, Langston Hughes, Mark Twain, Origins, racism Comments closed
Book Bans Leave Children Defenseless
Parents seek to protect their children through book bans. Instead, they make them more vulnerable to a changing world.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beloved, Bluest Eye, book bans, censorship, God of Small Things, Khaled Hosseini, Kite Runner, Toni Morrison Comments closed