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Revisiting America’s Caste System (with Isabel Wilkerson)
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Caste, Race and Class in the United States
Sohat i describe cast as the bones, race as the skin, and class as the clothing. Diction, accent, education, the things that one can change about oneself. And in any society, there are going to be exceptions to any rule. There are some incredibly exceptional people who were born into the subordinated caste,. Despite all the odds, they have been able to rise very high in ther society. The majority of african americans still have only one tenth of what their white counterparts have in wealth. This is over the course of generations of being legally excluded from opportunities to build wealth. Te ty was not available to get a government back mortgage until 19 years ago.
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