OVERVIEW of BOOK DISCUSSION of Caste: The Origins of our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
I – Dec.7-- Introduction of book – Dr. Ann Masai Jones, from St. Mary’s College, CA
II –Dec.14 – First Group Discussion—PART ONE: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat
Rising All Around
Chapters 1 – 3 , pp 3--38
III – Dec. 21—Second Group Discussion – PART TWO: The Arbitrary Construction of
Human Divisions
Chapters 4 -- 8, pp 39-- 98
IV—Dec.28 – Third Group Discussion—PART THREE: The Eight Pillars of Caste
Chapter 9, pp 99--166
V –Jan. 4—Fourth Group Discussion—PART FOUR: The Tentacles of Caste
Chapters 10 –18 pp, 167--262
VI—Jan. 11 – Fifth Group Discussion—PART FIVE: The Consequences of Caste
Chapters 19 – 24 pp, 263-- 310
VII – Jan. 18—Sixth Group Discussion—PART SIX; BACKLASH
Chapters 25 – 29 pp, 311-- 360
VIII—Jan.25—Seventh Group Discussion—PART SEVEN: AWAKENING
Chapters 30 – 31 pp, 361-388
Concluding Presentation by Dr. Ann Masai Jones on “How to be an Ally”