Want to join the Alley Kat’s Book Club?

It’s free to attend, and new members are always welcome!

In this month’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores how the United States has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Wilkerson writes about the surprising health costs of caste in depression and life expectancy as well as its effects on culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive divisions toward hope in our common humanity.

Whether you’ve read the book, are currently reading it, or just want to hear about it, we’d love to have you join the discussion!