Caste Book: A Brief History of Racism, Sexism, Classism, Ageism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Religious Intolerance, and Reasons for Hope

by University Press

University Press returns with another short and captivating book – a brief history of caste, bias, and discrimination.

Caste is a class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or who perceive themselves as socially distinct. Bias is a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. And discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, class, age, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, or gender.

We have inherited a world full of humans who have been healed and hurt by other humans. There was a time, in an age before this one, when ignorance was forgivable. But that time has passed. Now is not the time for the enlightened to sneer at the brutes. Sneering hurts people. And hurt people hurt people. No. Now is the time for healing. And healing begins with introspection and a recognition of our own caste, our own biases, and our own discrimination. And introspection begins with a glimpse of the past.

This short book peels back the veil and provides a brief glimpse into the history of seven virulent and persistent human biases – a glimpse that you can read in about an hour.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 11, 2022

Reviews

[Connie Geerhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent general starter book, although it is already out of date in some areas (specifically gender as binary).