Isabel Wilkerson on the Caste Systems That We Currently Live In

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Larry is joined by author Isabel Wilkerson to talk about her new book, ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.’ They talk about what it was like to have her book selected for Oprah’s Book Club (7:13), the differences between “class” and “caste” (21:01), and how going to India influenced her book (32:40). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Isabel Wilkerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	How did Malcolm finally gain his cat's respect?
0:03.1	Was it because he saved 35% on Trainline,
0:06.0	then bravely looked into the eyes of his dismissive pet,
0:09.2	where he saw something that said,
0:11.9	I don't actually hate you.
0:14.9	His Trainline detanged for Malcolm gaining his cat's respect.
0:18.8	We hope so.
0:19.7	We really do.
0:21.4	Great journey start with Trainline.
0:24.3	Average savings from advanced fairs, rail cards and split save were available
0:27.2	versus equivalent flexible fair TNC's apply.
0:35.2	All right, welcome back everybody.
0:36.7	This is Liger one more.
0:37.6	You're listening to Black on the Air.
0:40.4	Appreciate you tuning in.
0:42.9	Happen me in your queue, whatever you're doing.
0:46.4	Hope you guys are staying safe out there.
0:48.5	Uh, this COVID thing.
0:50.8	There's so many unexpected things that keep happening.
0:53.6	Some places get better, some get worse.
0:56.0	New York.
0:56.8	Seems to be a lot better and it was doing horribly.
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