Actress Photos Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers September 2023 By GethuCinema Admin September 4, 2023 Related Posts Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers June 2024 Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers April 2024 Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers February 2024 Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers December 2023 Actress Isabel Wilkerson HD Photos and Wallpapers July 2023 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppReddItTelegram Sixty years ago today, the largest demonstration in U.S. history to date occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — officially called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. No one knew how many people would converge on the nation’s capital. Leaders hoped for 100,000. Fears of rioting ran so high that the government banned all alcohol sales for 24 hours leading up to the march, shifted prisoners to increase jail capacity for mass arrests, prohibited elective surgeries so that hospitals could handle riot casualties and prepared more than 17,000 troops to quell the expected violence. More reporters showed up to cover the march than had covered the inauguration of John F. Kennedy two years before. Celebrities like Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and many others joined in the demonstration. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins took to the dais. Martin Luther King Jr. would veer from his prepared remarks to give the most famous speech of the 20th Century, concluding with the exhortation to “let freedom ring….” But perhaps the most important people at the March were the 250,000 people of all creeds and colors, who came on buses and trains and hitchhiked to peacefully ask their country to live up to its creed. The troops were not needed that day. It was my honor that a photograph from that historic march graces the cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which explores the history of the divisions and injustices that we have inherited as a nation and which the marchers were protesting. How tragic that, as we commemorate, we are reminded of the enduring urgency of that day’s message, as we reconcile the fateful shootings of Black customers at a Dollar Tree Store in Jacksonville, FL, at the hands of a white supremacist this past weekend. The hatreds and inequities that were being protested 60 years ago have not gone away and still have not been fully addressed. There is so much more work to be done. #marchonwashington #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #caste #history Sixty years ago today, the largest demonstration in U.S. history to date occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — officially called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. No one knew how many people would converge on the nation’s capital. Leaders hoped for 100,000. Fears of rioting ran so high that the government banned all alcohol sales for 24 hours leading up to the march, shifted prisoners to increase jail capacity for mass arrests, prohibited elective surgeries so that hospitals could handle riot casualties and prepared more than 17,000 troops to quell the expected violence. More reporters showed up to cover the march than had covered the inauguration of John F. Kennedy two years before. Celebrities like Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and many others joined in the demonstration. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins took to the dais. Martin Luther King Jr. would veer from his prepared remarks to give the most famous speech of the 20th Century, concluding with the exhortation to “let freedom ring….” But perhaps the most important people at the March were the 250,000 people of all creeds and colors, who came on buses and trains and hitchhiked to peacefully ask their country to live up to its creed. The troops were not needed that day. It was my honor that a photograph from that historic march graces the cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which explores the history of the divisions and injustices that we have inherited as a nation and which the marchers were protesting. How tragic that, as we commemorate, we are reminded of the enduring urgency of that day’s message, as we reconcile the fateful shootings of Black customers at a Dollar Tree Store in Jacksonville, FL, at the hands of a white supremacist this past weekend. The hatreds and inequities that were being protested 60 years ago have not gone away and still have not been fully addressed. There is so much more work to be done. #marchonwashington #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #caste #history Sixty years ago today, the largest demonstration in U.S. history to date occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — officially called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. No one knew how many people would converge on the nation’s capital. Leaders hoped for 100,000. Fears of rioting ran so high that the government banned all alcohol sales for 24 hours leading up to the march, shifted prisoners to increase jail capacity for mass arrests, prohibited elective surgeries so that hospitals could handle riot casualties and prepared more than 17,000 troops to quell the expected violence. More reporters showed up to cover the march than had covered the inauguration of John F. Kennedy two years before. Celebrities like Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and many others joined in the demonstration. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins took to the dais. Martin Luther King Jr. would veer from his prepared remarks to give the most famous speech of the 20th Century, concluding with the exhortation to “let freedom ring….” But perhaps the most important people at the March were the 250,000 people of all creeds and colors, who came on buses and trains and hitchhiked to peacefully ask their country to live up to its creed. The troops were not needed that day. It was my honor that a photograph from that historic march graces the cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which explores the history of the divisions and injustices that we have inherited as a nation and which the marchers were protesting. How tragic that, as we commemorate, we are reminded of the enduring urgency of that day’s message, as we reconcile the fateful shootings of Black customers at a Dollar Tree Store in Jacksonville, FL, at the hands of a white supremacist this past weekend. The hatreds and inequities that were being protested 60 years ago have not gone away and still have not been fully addressed. There is so much more work to be done. #marchonwashington #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #caste #history Sixty years ago today, the largest demonstration in U.S. history to date occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — officially called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. No one knew how many people would converge on the nation’s capital. Leaders hoped for 100,000. Fears of rioting ran so high that the government banned all alcohol sales for 24 hours leading up to the march, shifted prisoners to increase jail capacity for mass arrests, prohibited elective surgeries so that hospitals could handle riot casualties and prepared more than 17,000 troops to quell the expected violence. More reporters showed up to cover the march than had covered the inauguration of John F. Kennedy two years before. Celebrities like Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and many others joined in the demonstration. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins took to the dais. Martin Luther King Jr. would veer from his prepared remarks to give the most famous speech of the 20th Century, concluding with the exhortation to “let freedom ring….” But perhaps the most important people at the March were the 250,000 people of all creeds and colors, who came on buses and trains and hitchhiked to peacefully ask their country to live up to its creed. The troops were not needed that day. It was my honor that a photograph from that historic march graces the cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which explores the history of the divisions and injustices that we have inherited as a nation and which the marchers were protesting. How tragic that, as we commemorate, we are reminded of the enduring urgency of that day’s message, as we reconcile the fateful shootings of Black customers at a Dollar Tree Store in Jacksonville, FL, at the hands of a white supremacist this past weekend. The hatreds and inequities that were being protested 60 years ago have not gone away and still have not been fully addressed. There is so much more work to be done. #marchonwashington #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #caste #history Sixty years ago today, the largest demonstration in U.S. history to date occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — officially called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. No one knew how many people would converge on the nation’s capital. Leaders hoped for 100,000. Fears of rioting ran so high that the government banned all alcohol sales for 24 hours leading up to the march, shifted prisoners to increase jail capacity for mass arrests, prohibited elective surgeries so that hospitals could handle riot casualties and prepared more than 17,000 troops to quell the expected violence. More reporters showed up to cover the march than had covered the inauguration of John F. Kennedy two years before. Celebrities like Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and many others joined in the demonstration. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins took to the dais. Martin Luther King Jr. would veer from his prepared remarks to give the most famous speech of the 20th Century, concluding with the exhortation to “let freedom ring….” But perhaps the most important people at the March were the 250,000 people of all creeds and colors, who came on buses and trains and hitchhiked to peacefully ask their country to live up to its creed. The troops were not needed that day. It was my honor that a photograph from that historic march graces the cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which explores the history of the divisions and injustices that we have inherited as a nation and which the marchers were protesting. How tragic that, as we commemorate, we are reminded of the enduring urgency of that day’s message, as we reconcile the fateful shootings of Black customers at a Dollar Tree Store in Jacksonville, FL, at the hands of a white supremacist this past weekend. The hatreds and inequities that were being protested 60 years ago have not gone away and still have not been fully addressed. There is so much more work to be done. #marchonwashington #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #caste #history Anytime that violence visits a pregnant mother, it is beyond our comprehension. Thus the tragic case of Ta’Kiya Young, an Ohio mother who was seven months pregnant and fatally shot in her car by police last month, defies explanation in a country that has elevated birth to a national raison d’etre. That is, unless you take into consideration caste. It was the seeming contradiction that propelled me to write the Afterword to the paperback edition of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, to open people’s eyes to how caste has dangerously played out since the book was first released. There is a throughline from January 6 to mass shootings of people of color to bans on abortion, on books and on affirmative action. They can be seen as connected to the perceived threat to the primacy of those assigned to the dominant caste for most of our country’s history. The 2020 census revealed that the white population, while still the majority, fell for the first time in American history, while other groups rose. Suddenly, rightward policies that had been in the wings for decades, sped forward. Near-total bans on abortion in nearly half the country went into effect, compelling tens of thousands of people to give birth when they otherwise wouldn’t and endangering the lives of those who miscarry. The result: a higher birth rate that favors the dominant group. That’s in part because childbirth is deadlier for Black people. Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than White mothers and Black babies are twice as likely to die than White babies. And then there is the higher rate of state-sponsored violence against pregnant Black mothers, as caught on video of Ta’Kiya Young, that would be almost unfathomable against a pregnant White mother in our racial hierarchy, as it should be for everyone. There’s much more to this, which is why I spent six months researching the Afterword alone and knew I had to write it, not because it was required or because anyone told me to, but, as with the book itself, circumstances called for it. And I hope people will be inspired to read it to better understand the tragedies we are seeing unfold before our eyes. Anytime that violence visits a pregnant mother, it is beyond our comprehension. Thus the tragic case of Ta’Kiya Young, an Ohio mother who was seven months pregnant and fatally shot in her car by police last month, defies explanation in a country that has elevated birth to a national raison d’etre. That is, unless you take into consideration caste. It was the seeming contradiction that propelled me to write the Afterword to the paperback edition of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, to open people’s eyes to how caste has dangerously played out since the book was first released. There is a throughline from January 6 to mass shootings of people of color to bans on abortion, on books and on affirmative action. They can be seen as connected to the perceived threat to the primacy of those assigned to the dominant caste for most of our country’s history. The 2020 census revealed that the white population, while still the majority, fell for the first time in American history, while other groups rose. Suddenly, rightward policies that had been in the wings for decades, sped forward. Near-total bans on abortion in nearly half the country went into effect, compelling tens of thousands of people to give birth when they otherwise wouldn’t and endangering the lives of those who miscarry. The result: a higher birth rate that favors the dominant group. That’s in part because childbirth is deadlier for Black people. Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than White mothers and Black babies are twice as likely to die than White babies. And then there is the higher rate of state-sponsored violence against pregnant Black mothers, as caught on video of Ta’Kiya Young, that would be almost unfathomable against a pregnant White mother in our racial hierarchy, as it should be for everyone. There’s much more to this, which is why I spent six months researching the Afterword alone and knew I had to write it, not because it was required or because anyone told me to, but, as with the book itself, circumstances called for it. And I hope people will be inspired to read it to better understand the tragedies we are seeing unfold before our eyes. Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes. There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond. I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic. It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews. As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page. Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart. #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #isabelwilkerson Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring “This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted.” James Baldwin wrote those words (Slide #2) in 1980. They could have been written today. The revered novelist, essayist, social critic and prophet was born on this day, August 2, 1924, in New York City, and passed away on December 1, 1987, in France, where he frequently sought refuge. He spent his life calling upon his country of birth to live up to its ideals. I felt so empowered by him, as I researched the stark truths of our country’s history and hierarchy, that I chose this quote of his as the epigraph to Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: “Because even if I should speak, no one would believe me. And no one would believe me precisely because they would know that what I said was true.” Here are more words from Baldwin that are as relevant today as when he wrote them: — “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” — “Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn’t do it, and I didn’t do it either, but I am responsible for it because I am a man and a citizen of this country and you are responsible for it, too, for the very same reason… Anyone who is trying to be conscious must begin to dismiss the vocabulary which we’ve used so long to cover it up, to lie about the way things are.” — “We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human beings as possible, because we are still each other’s only hope.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #JamesBaldwin #caste “This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted.” James Baldwin wrote those words (Slide #2) in 1980. They could have been written today. The revered novelist, essayist, social critic and prophet was born on this day, August 2, 1924, in New York City, and passed away on December 1, 1987, in France, where he frequently sought refuge. He spent his life calling upon his country of birth to live up to its ideals. I felt so empowered by him, as I researched the stark truths of our country’s history and hierarchy, that I chose this quote of his as the epigraph to Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: “Because even if I should speak, no one would believe me. And no one would believe me precisely because they would know that what I said was true.” Here are more words from Baldwin that are as relevant today as when he wrote them: — “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” — “Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn’t do it, and I didn’t do it either, but I am responsible for it because I am a man and a citizen of this country and you are responsible for it, too, for the very same reason… Anyone who is trying to be conscious must begin to dismiss the vocabulary which we’ve used so long to cover it up, to lie about the way things are.” — “We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human beings as possible, because we are still each other’s only hope.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #JamesBaldwin #caste “This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted.” James Baldwin wrote those words (Slide #2) in 1980. They could have been written today. The revered novelist, essayist, social critic and prophet was born on this day, August 2, 1924, in New York City, and passed away on December 1, 1987, in France, where he frequently sought refuge. He spent his life calling upon his country of birth to live up to its ideals. I felt so empowered by him, as I researched the stark truths of our country’s history and hierarchy, that I chose this quote of his as the epigraph to Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: “Because even if I should speak, no one would believe me. And no one would believe me precisely because they would know that what I said was true.” Here are more words from Baldwin that are as relevant today as when he wrote them: — “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” — “Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn’t do it, and I didn’t do it either, but I am responsible for it because I am a man and a citizen of this country and you are responsible for it, too, for the very same reason… Anyone who is trying to be conscious must begin to dismiss the vocabulary which we’ve used so long to cover it up, to lie about the way things are.” — “We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human beings as possible, because we are still each other’s only hope.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #JamesBaldwin #caste The hatreds wrought by our false divisions are endangering our planet and the species, and that is why I wrote Caste. The passage above (slides 3 & 4), about anthrax resurfacing in the Siberian tundra in the heatwave of 2016, presages our current crisis and is a section that readers most often highlight, according to Goodreads. Before I had written a single word, I knew that the story of the melting of the Russian permafrost would be the opening. I heard a news brief that summer, just a line or two, that a record heatwave had exposed anthrax that had lain dormant since World War II and was sickening people in Siberia. It sounded otherworldly to me. I instantly saw it as an allegory for the resurgence of hatreds and hostilities in the US election that year and the dangers facing humanity and the planet. I had to research the geology of a part of Russia I hadn’t known existed, the mechanisms of anthrax, the symptoms of exposure, the effects on the local people, had to track down accounts of relocating the villagers and disposal of the pathogen. All of this just for a few paragraphs in a single chapter. The anthrax story was central to the mission of the book, of awakening us to what we otherwise might not see. And here we are, years later, seemingly having learned nothing. ——— Repost from @guardian “The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. Leaders must lead. No more hesitancy, no more excuses, no more waiting for others to move first. There is simply no more time for that.” These are the words of the UN secretary general, António Guterres, after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record. “Humanity is in the hot seat,” Guterres told a press conference on Thursday. “For the entire planet, it is a disaster….The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #climatechange The hatreds wrought by our false divisions are endangering our planet and the species, and that is why I wrote Caste. The passage above (slides 3 & 4), about anthrax resurfacing in the Siberian tundra in the heatwave of 2016, presages our current crisis and is a section that readers most often highlight, according to Goodreads. Before I had written a single word, I knew that the story of the melting of the Russian permafrost would be the opening. I heard a news brief that summer, just a line or two, that a record heatwave had exposed anthrax that had lain dormant since World War II and was sickening people in Siberia. It sounded otherworldly to me. I instantly saw it as an allegory for the resurgence of hatreds and hostilities in the US election that year and the dangers facing humanity and the planet. I had to research the geology of a part of Russia I hadn’t known existed, the mechanisms of anthrax, the symptoms of exposure, the effects on the local people, had to track down accounts of relocating the villagers and disposal of the pathogen. All of this just for a few paragraphs in a single chapter. The anthrax story was central to the mission of the book, of awakening us to what we otherwise might not see. And here we are, years later, seemingly having learned nothing. ——— Repost from @guardian “The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. Leaders must lead. No more hesitancy, no more excuses, no more waiting for others to move first. There is simply no more time for that.” These are the words of the UN secretary general, António Guterres, after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record. “Humanity is in the hot seat,” Guterres told a press conference on Thursday. “For the entire planet, it is a disaster….The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #climatechange The hatreds wrought by our false divisions are endangering our planet and the species, and that is why I wrote Caste. The passage above (slides 3 & 4), about anthrax resurfacing in the Siberian tundra in the heatwave of 2016, presages our current crisis and is a section that readers most often highlight, according to Goodreads. Before I had written a single word, I knew that the story of the melting of the Russian permafrost would be the opening. I heard a news brief that summer, just a line or two, that a record heatwave had exposed anthrax that had lain dormant since World War II and was sickening people in Siberia. It sounded otherworldly to me. I instantly saw it as an allegory for the resurgence of hatreds and hostilities in the US election that year and the dangers facing humanity and the planet. I had to research the geology of a part of Russia I hadn’t known existed, the mechanisms of anthrax, the symptoms of exposure, the effects on the local people, had to track down accounts of relocating the villagers and disposal of the pathogen. All of this just for a few paragraphs in a single chapter. The anthrax story was central to the mission of the book, of awakening us to what we otherwise might not see. And here we are, years later, seemingly having learned nothing. ——— Repost from @guardian “The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. Leaders must lead. No more hesitancy, no more excuses, no more waiting for others to move first. There is simply no more time for that.” These are the words of the UN secretary general, António Guterres, after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record. “Humanity is in the hot seat,” Guterres told a press conference on Thursday. “For the entire planet, it is a disaster….The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” #castetheoriginsofourdiscontents #climatechange We think this will never happen to us. We think that melting glaciers, raging wildfires, rising floods, droughts, tornadoes and hurricanes are disasters for distant unfortunates unlike ourselves. It is hard to imagine this level of total destruction in a place synonymous with paradise within the wealthiest nation in the world. This is proof that no one is spared the consequences of our inaction on climate change and that we as a species are connected to and interdependent on one another and must rise above our manufactured divisions if there is to be any hope for overcoming the dangers that lie ahead for our planet and our species. My heart goes out to the people on the beautiful island of Maui. Repost from @nbcnews: With at least 93 people killed, the Maui wildfires are now the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The source of the wildfire has not yet been identified, but dry conditions followed by hurricane-level winds are thought to have turbocharged the inferno. Emergency efforts to get essentials to displaced Hawaii residents are underway across the island. The Lahaina Gateway Center is providing potable water for those under a water advisory due to harmful contaminants possibly entering the Lahaina water system. Trucks that provide Wi-Fi and charging ports are posted up at parks. #maui #climatechange We think this will never happen to us. We think that melting glaciers, raging wildfires, rising floods, droughts, tornadoes and hurricanes are disasters for distant unfortunates unlike ourselves. It is hard to imagine this level of total destruction in a place synonymous with paradise within the wealthiest nation in the world. This is proof that no one is spared the consequences of our inaction on climate change and that we as a species are connected to and interdependent on one another and must rise above our manufactured divisions if there is to be any hope for overcoming the dangers that lie ahead for our planet and our species. My heart goes out to the people on the beautiful island of Maui. Repost from @nbcnews: With at least 93 people killed, the Maui wildfires are now the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The source of the wildfire has not yet been identified, but dry conditions followed by hurricane-level winds are thought to have turbocharged the inferno. Emergency efforts to get essentials to displaced Hawaii residents are underway across the island. The Lahaina Gateway Center is providing potable water for those under a water advisory due to harmful contaminants possibly entering the Lahaina water system. Trucks that provide Wi-Fi and charging ports are posted up at parks. #maui #climatechange We think this will never happen to us. We think that melting glaciers, raging wildfires, rising floods, droughts, tornadoes and hurricanes are disasters for distant unfortunates unlike ourselves. It is hard to imagine this level of total destruction in a place synonymous with paradise within the wealthiest nation in the world. This is proof that no one is spared the consequences of our inaction on climate change and that we as a species are connected to and interdependent on one another and must rise above our manufactured divisions if there is to be any hope for overcoming the dangers that lie ahead for our planet and our species. My heart goes out to the people on the beautiful island of Maui. Repost from @nbcnews: With at least 93 people killed, the Maui wildfires are now the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The source of the wildfire has not yet been identified, but dry conditions followed by hurricane-level winds are thought to have turbocharged the inferno. Emergency efforts to get essentials to displaced Hawaii residents are underway across the island. The Lahaina Gateway Center is providing potable water for those under a water advisory due to harmful contaminants possibly entering the Lahaina water system. 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