MY MUM IS WHITE: 8 Pillars of Caste

In an informal café setting, artist Linda Brogan and psychologist Adam Danquah will lead a workshop to unpack the 8 pillars of Caste.

Historically, both Linda and Adam have been known as *half-caste. In Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent the author, Isabel Wilkerson, unearths that caste is 3000 years old. Brahmins worship God. Dalits shovel shit. Jim Crow adopts it. Public white sinks are generous. Black sinks barely cling to the wall. Wilkerson identifies 8 pillars that uphold caste.

1. Divine Will and Laws of Nature.
2. Heritability.
3. Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating
4. Purity versus Pollution
5. Occupational Hierarchy
6. Dehumanisation and Stigma
7. Terror as Enforcement, Cruelty as a Means of Control
8. Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority   

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