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Isabel Wilkerson was born in Washington, D.C. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Howard University. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her work as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a mostra'n més Pulitzer Prize and the first African-American to win for individual reporting. She also won the George Polk Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and she was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. Her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award for Nonfiction, the 2011 Hillman Book Prize, the 2011 Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, the Stephen Ambrose Oral History Prize, the Independent Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the NAACP Image Award for best literary debut. She has been a journalism professor at Princeton University and Emory University. She is currently Professor of Journalism and Director of Narrative Nonfiction at Boston University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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It’s a tough read, but needs to be read by everyone
 
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corliss12000 | Hi ha 161 ressenyes més | Mar 16, 2024 |
This is an excellent book, a must-read for anyone who wants to really understand what American society is really about.

Highlights for me include:
- A lengthy description of the "pillars" of any caste system, and how American society qualifies.
- A comparison of the American system with those of India and Nazi Germany. (Was gob-smacked to learn that the Nazis modeled their subjugation of the Jews on America's Jim Crow laws.)
- A description of the price America pays because of it's caste system (compared to other "developed" countries, we have relatively high infant mortality, poor scholastic scholastic achievement, shorter life expectancy, huge prison population, etc etc etc).
- The author's personal examples of how lower caste people are treated in America. Some are pretty devastating, all made me feel ashamed.

I felt the book had one weakness: there was very little discussion of where Native Americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans fit into the system. This doesn't spoil the book, far from it, but I would have enjoyed the analyses.

Overall, this is a very engaging read, without being pedantic and with no detectable filler. It's an eye-opening challenge to thoughtful White readers, implicitly asking "how can people, who claim to be compassionate and fair-minded freedom lovers, allow such a system to exist?" This book has a permanent place in my shelves, and I will read it again.
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rscottm182gmailcom | Hi ha 161 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
SO interesting. I knew a bit about the migration of black folks from the South to the North, but wanted to learn more, so I picked this up. I really enjoyed how the author intertwined the general history with the personal stories of the three people she focused on. It really gave me a much better understanding of why certain things are the way they are now. Definitely recommend.
 
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ledonnelly | Hi ha 182 ressenyes més | Mar 11, 2024 |
A harrowing but engrossing book. The integration of the specific detailed life stories with the dryer census information and statistics provided balance. It was like sitting on the porch with your sweet tea, waiting for the flower to open.satisfyingly human. It was also disturbing, but , again, it helps having first hand stories to ground it all in reality.
 
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cspiwak | Hi ha 182 ressenyes més | Mar 6, 2024 |

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