What we’re about
We are a book club based in Sanford, FL that meets at a local joint to discuss books!
Which books will we read? Are they genre-restricted?
We'll read interesting, often classic literature that's hopefully available at the Seminole County Library system, Amazon, or Project Gutenberg. No genre is off the table as long as it's interesting, available, and thought-provoking.
How will the books be chosen?
Depending on the group reception we'll either borrow a list from the internet, or choose as we go. No system to this, really.
You should join if:
You enjoy reading books, participating in active discussions, and would like to meet and chat with like-minded people.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- May Book Club Discussion - Caste by Isabel WilkersonCelery City Craft Beer Garden, Sanford, FL
Hello! May's book club discussion will be about the Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste".
About: Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.
Description: In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.
Where to Read: This book is available through the Seminole County Library (audio book here).
