Isabel Wilkerson
AustraliaauthorFemaleb. 19618.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Isabel Wilkerson is an acclaimed American journalist and author, known for her groundbreaking works that explore race, caste, and social justice in the United States. Her book, 'The Warmth of Other Suns,' narrates the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West, earning her the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1994. In her later work, 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,' Wilkerson draws parallels between the caste systems in America and those in India and Nazi Germany, arguing that societal hierarchies shape individual lives and experiences. Her insightful analyses have sparked important discussions about empathy, compassion, and systemic inequality.
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Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns is number two in The New York Times' list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st century.
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