Course Description

Instructor: Denis Raynor

Isabelle Wilkerson in her book Caste has tried to reconfigure the discussion of racism by suggesting that the US has a caste system based on color that undergirds its brand of racism. She compares the US with the world’s best-known caste system in India and the Nazi regime which researched and studied Jim Crow laws to develop its own anti-Semitic codes. This course is a discussion to inject new vocabulary and stimulate thought about American racism into the national discourse. Please purchase the book and read the first half before the first session. A thoughtful discussion requires that we all play our part.

Required book: Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson; must read first half for the first class
ISBN-13: 978-0593230251