Copyright © 2020 by Isabel Wilkerson

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

R ANDOM H OUSE and the H OUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Wilkerson, Isabel, author.

Title: Caste : the origins of our discontents / Isabel Wilkerson.

Description: New York : Random House, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020012794 (print) | LCCN 2020012795 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593230251 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593230268 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Caste—United States. | Social stratification—United States. | Ethnicity—United States. | Power (Social sciences)—United States. | United States—Race relations.

Classification: LCC HT725.U6 W55 2020 (print) | LCC HT725.U6 (ebook) | DDC 305.5/122—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012794

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012795

Ebook ISBN 9780593230268

randomhousebooks.com

Title-page art by Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

Cover design: Greg Mollica

Cover photograph: Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

ep_prh_5.5.0_140167162_c0_r8 Cq6O3OtCu35ESKWzUQTiDztYnHPhJTJwTVP2RFMZjihift6ky5NH7ld5ZPf09jz6