When it comes to American sovereignty, freedom has never been free. Freedom in the United States of America has come at great cost. We live in a society where things are made so much harsher than they need to be. All because of our divisiveness and intolerance.
It is unfortunate that that too many lives have been lost defining freedom and independence. How does its corruption alter the way we view the magnificence and miracle of July 4th?
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Focusing in on a system of hierarchy that was enshrined in this country, going back to the 17th century, that created a hierarchy that put primarily British people at the very top.
Anyone who looked like them at the top and at the very bottom were people who were brought in to be enslaved and indentured to build this country for free. A programmed hierarchy that continues to this day.
Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal winner, Isabel Wilkerson, is an interpreter of the human condition and an impassioned voice for demonstrating how history can help us understand ourselves, our country, and our current era of upheaval.
In her book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Wilkerson rigorously defines eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, heredity, and dehumanization.
She documents the parallels with two other hierarchies in history, those of India and of Nazi Germany, and no reader will be left without a greater understanding of the price we all pay in a society torn by artificial divisions. Compared to our peer nations we do not fare well at all.
Isabel Wilkerson on The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast
She likens our country to a house we are all living in together - whatever condition this house is in it's up to us to care for its upkeep and maintenance. We are all in this together - whether we like it or not.
Looking forward to 2045 when a different configuration comes into play.
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