Subhash Garg – Google

The title of this book is ignorant, ridiculous, and LITERALLY WRONG. Caste in India is no longer a handicap. For at least two decades the previously oppressed Shudras have been given guaranteed 50 percent numerical quotas in college admissions, government jobs, and promotions. They also receive 90 percent reduction in tuition. Unbeknownst to Ms. Wilkerson, and to her readers being led to pasture, India has INVERTED the caste pyramid. One of the reasons Indian students who can afford it come to the US for UNDERGRADUATE study is that quotas have HALVED their opportunities in India. America DOES NOT FAVOR its lower "castes" (agreeing to use that loaded word for now) at all like India does. If Wilkerson if advocating an India-like solution in America, she needs to say it.

The most remarkable part of this remarkable book is to show that decisions ostensibly rooted in financial prudence and fiduciary duty actually produced legally sanctioned segregation, often replacing integrated affordable housing with segregated modern homes. The FHA in effect forced segregation and obstructed and penalized integration. Most Americans have no idea that FHA-mandated segregation lasted until the late 1960s, in defiance of Supreme Court decisions, and that removal of these policies did nothing to undo the extensive damage already done. It is safe to say that over 75% of the social issues such as crime, failing schools, police brutality and so on were due to segregation. Ironically, the racist venom that celebrated this segregation is still very much with us. We still have "Karens" calling the cops on law-abiding black professionals, and we still have Republicans trying to deny voting access to blacks. And Trump might still win in 2024.