Wilkerson’s thorough and broad-based reporting and research explains why we’ve gone from a black president to a racist one, why wealthier African-Americans (caste breakers) suffer more health problems than those who remain in their communities ( their subservient caste).
She casts bright light on the many costs of the implicit yet strenuously upheld US caste system, both for those cast down by the invisible infrastructure and those who worry it is falling apart.
Why the year 3042 is critical, why Confederate statues and names lauding those traitors are found all over the US, and so much more.
Eye-opening for those willing to have their eyes opened to the ugly truth at the heart of this self-lauding country.