Marion’s Reviews > Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents > Status Update

"It is [...] tempting to vilify a single despot at the sight of injustice, when in fact it it the actions, or more commonly, inactions of ordinary people that keep the caste mechanism running."

Louder for the people in the back

"This discriminatory behaviour is activated more quickly and effortlessly than conscious discrimination. […] It’s an automatic [and] unconscious process. […] They mean it, because consciously that is the way they see themselves. These implicit biases shape their behaviour in ways they are not even aware of."

"Now the word is one of the most contentious and misunderstood in American culture. For the dominant caste, the word is radioactive. Resented, feared, denied, lobbed back towards anyone who dares to suggest it. Resistance to the word often derails any discussions of the underlying behaviour it is meant to describe, thus eroding it of meaning."