Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Isabel Wilkerson Examines America’s Caste System

In her new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents an examination of
what she sees as America’s often disguised, but very real, caste
system. The book compares America’s system with those in India and
Nazi Germany, and delves into how America betrays its ideals of
meritocracy by instead cultivating an insidious hierarchy based on
race. “Caste” is a much anticipated follow up to Wilkerson’s 2011
book “The Warmth of Other Suns,” which detailed the decades-long
migration of black people from the South to other regions of the
country. Wilkerson joins Forum to discuss her new book and how
America’s past relates to its future.