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Schedule

June 17 - Overview

July 8 (moving July 1 to July 8)

Part One: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising All Around

Chapter One: The Afterlife of Pathogens	3
The Vitals of History	13
Chapter Two: An Old House and an Infrared Light	15
Chapter Three: An American Untouchable	21
An Invisible Program	33

July 15

Part Two: The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions

Chapter Four: A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America	39
Chapter Five: “The Container We Have Built for You”	54
Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity	62
Chapter Seven: Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America	73
Chapter Eight: The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste	78
Chapter Nine: The Evil of Silence	89

July 29

Part Three: The Eight Pillars of Caste

The Foundations of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents	99
Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature	101
Pillar Number Two: Heritability	105
Pillar Number Three: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating	109
Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution	115
Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill	131
Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma	141
Pillar Number Seven: Terror as Enforcement, Cruelty as a Means of Control	151
Pillar Number Eight: Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority	159

August 12

Part Four: The Tentacles of Caste

Brown Eyes versus Blue Eyes	167
Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting	171
Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung	178
Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World	190
Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog	202
Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life	208
Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung	224
Chapter Sixteen: Last Place Anxiety: Packed in a Flooding Basement	238
Chapter Seventeen: On the Early Front Lines of Caste	245
Chapter Eighteen: Satchel Paige and the Illogic of Caste	257

August 26

Part Five: The Consequences of Caste

Chapter Nineteen: The Euphoria of Hate	263
Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste	268
Chapter Twenty-One: The German Girl with the Dark, Wavy Hair	279
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Caste	282
Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy	292
Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste	302

September 9

Part Six: Backlash

Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script	311
Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste	322
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste	333
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Democracy on the Ballot	350
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Price We Pay for a Caste System	353

September 23

Part Seven: Awakening

Chapter Thirty: Shedding the Sacred Thread	361
The Radicalization of the Dominant Caste	365
Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart is the Last Frontier	370

Epilogue: A World Without Caste

377

Finance Matters Podcast

Inclusive Leadership with Lisa Harris: Covering the Six C's of Inclusive Leadership, as identified by Dr. Shirley Davis. LISTEN IN
Terminology in Racial Equity: A brief exploration of terms used when racial equity is discussed. With LaVerne Harris. LISTEN IN
Brave Space in UVAFinance: IE Committee members join a panel discussion on Brave Space. With Melody Bianchetto, Steve Kimata, LaVerne Harris, and Jenn Bari. LISTEN IN
Brave Space Part One: Introduction of the concept of Brave Space, a framework that allows us to have the courage to explore our differences. With Valencia Harvey. LISTEN IN
Brave Space Part Two: Continued discussion of Brave Space. With Valencia Harvey. LISTEN IN

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