Book Study Group
Jan 25 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PST
November 16, 2020 – February 22, 2021
Every other Monday
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Caste, the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
This is what Penny Welch wrote about the book:
“As a lifelong seeker of ways to recognize and undo my own racist assumptions, and wanting to encourage others to do the same, this book has dug deep into my psyche by offering culture, history, personal accounts, psychology and sociology that have informed me in so many ways. Now I’d love to be in conversation about it and hear others’ views on how it has affected them as well.”
About the Book Study Group
Book Study Group guidelines are simple:
- Let us know you are interested in joining the Book Study Group mailing list by signing up here
- Read the chapters and add your thoughts to the conversation
- Register for the meetings via Zoom (REGISTER button above) and come when you can for as long as you can
Dates and Chapters
| November 30 | Part 1 & 2 / Page 1 – 96 / Chapters 1 – 9 |
| December 14 | Part 3: Eight Pillars of Caste / Pages 96 – 163 / Pillars 1 – 8 |
| December 28 | Part 4: The Tentacles of Caste / Pages 164 – 233 / Chapters 10 – 15 |
| January 11 | Part 4: Chapter 16 through to Part 5: Chapter 24 / Pages 233 – 308 |
| January 25 | Part 6: Backlash Pages 308 – 375 / Chapters 25 – 29 through Part 7: Awakening / Chapter 30 & 31 |
| February 8 | Epilogue: A World without Caste / Pages 375 – 388 / Closing thoughts and questions for the author |
| February 22 | A session with the author |