Best of Hear to Slay: Chopped and Screwed (with Isabel Wilkerson)

Isabel Wilkerson reframes race and racism in her book Caste: The
Origins of Our Discontents. Here she talks about what inspired
the book and about the craft behind her complex, big narratives.
Spoiler: it doesn’t involve outlines. Plus, Tressie and Roxane on
why you need to read more than one book about racism.





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Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents






Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.
Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Sarah Wyman and Catherine
Fenollosa are the producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia
and Kaityln Adams. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the
interns.
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