Caste cid_4218 First-time illustrator Julia Mathew paints

First-time illustrator Julia Mathew paints universal scenes of childhood in her family’s native India

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Caste cid_4218 First-time illustrator Julia Mathew paintsReaders will be fascinated by this young adult adaptation as they follow masterful narratives about real people that reveal an insidious phenomenon in the United States: a hidden caste system. Caste is not only about race or class; it is about power which groups have it and which do not. Isabel Wilkerson explores historical social hierarchies, including those in India and Nazi Germany, and explains how perpetuating these rankings dehumanizes vast