Congregational Read of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Reading Schedule and Reflective Prompts
- Week of February 14: The Man in the Crowd and Part One; Week 1 Prompts
- Week of February 21: Part Two; Week 2 Prompts
- Week of February 28: <no reading>
- Week of March 7: Part Three; Questions Week 3
- Week of March 14: Part Four (first half): Brown Eyes versus Blue Eyes, Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13
- Week of March 21: Part Four (second half): Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Week of March 28: <no reading>
- Week of April 4: Part Five
- Week of April 11: Part Six
- Week of April 18: Part Seven and Epilogue
- Week of April 25: Final meeting of facilitated groups – no reading
Other Resources
A video recording of the IU-hosted event “Race, Caste, and Inequality: A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson” will be available until 3/3/21 from this page: https://broadcast.iu.edu/events/iub_isabel_wilkerson_2021-02-17.html
A video recording of the 2/14/21 IU-hosted event “Race, Caste, and Inequality: A Student-Focused Discussion”, along with books recommended by the panel, is available here: https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_1ycscvnc
A 1/21/2021 interview with Isabel Wilkerson on the NY Times podcast Sway on why a new presidency alone can’t fix America’s 400-year-old race-based hierarchy. America’s Caste System is 400 Years Old. That Doesn’t Change Overnight
Article by Arundhati Roy about India’s Caste system:
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/indias-shame
Indiana Daily Student section dedicated to the voices of Black IU Students. https://www.idsnews.com/section/black-voices