Nine Books to Reckon With
Despite the fact that we have been living overseas for 3.5 years now, I follow the news back home in the United States pretty closely and regularly. I've been thinking a lot about race and class and our American society. For me, the word that comes to mind is "reckoning." My nation is being reckoned with. I am being reckoned with. One of the ways the American Heritage Dictionary defines 'reckoning' is "a settlement of accounts." The United States of America has been building on a debt that goes all the way back to 1619. Can we settle the account? Can we face the truth of our origins and address it so that we can move forward -- together -- as a country? A few days ago I finished reading Isabel Wilkerson's book " Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents ." A book that will help you delve into those questions. An Essential Read It is a powerful book that explores the United States as a caste society. When some of us look at the news