everyone needs to listen to this wise woman if indeed we wish to continue as a species. her metaphors make it easy to understand complex ancients means of basic sociological illness.
The old house is exactly how I see "America" - from my own stance as an Indigenous woman living within younger more modern colonial systems and structures. What a terrific metaphor that is. Globalisation FAILS right there. It fails at the oldness and bogged-down shackles of slavery and militarism. Including the oldness of the leaders and the oldness of their educational and experiential backgrounds that informs their thinking and their policy and planning. I can also state from my experience that the house work and maintanance is no less whether it's a new house of an old one that was a real estate sellers dream.
It's so interesting listening to this in 2025, after the most recent police shooting of a woman in her home over a pot of water. The police cam revealed after shots fired that one officer was approaching the body as if to attempt life saving measures and the "bad seed" officer brushed it off, remarking that she's certainly dead and there is no point in bringing that end of life comfort. A true failing of humanity. I appreciate the evolution of her work, from Warmth of Other Suns to Caste and look forward to see what forgotten elephant in the room she will use to create another bridge for us to unite. The analogies and metaphors are essential. As someone who often deals with the youth the struggle to see why it's their problem-- any of the metaphors drive home that our existence on this planet necessitates remediation of these pillars.
Listening from Switzerland... where 25% of the 8 Million peoeple cannot vote, but are a big part of the workforce and bearing children to the country. Thank you Isabel Wilkerson 👌🌳
@@cookingwithrosita6777 well, as a national total, a vastly smaller percentage of population is foreign residents without citizenship or illegal immigrants. But it's a not a tiny number either, iirc. I'm an american, a very liberal one who is quite pro immigration since we've badly needed immigration increasingly over the past forty years, to fulfill basic jobs. In past twenty we're chronically short of enough workers to get stuff done including basic agriculture, but also other jobs, many. Also high end work in STEM fields of course.
@OAK Underground: It's too late because these are truly the "End Times" written of in the Bible. I think even the most secular heathen can see something is different, so the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, have already begun to "unleash that can of "whoop***"". In other words, we have not seen "nothing" yet, and things are only going to get worse! I always tell people to be ready for Jesus! May God have mercy on our evil, sinning souls. 🙏🙏🥺🥺😞😞
@@elainesmith7512 way to relinquish your personal responsibility, just another faux xtian, antihumanist fake christian american. Total b.s. on u! While the rest of us secular folks carry the actual weight of the country.
everyone needs to listen to this wise woman if indeed we wish to continue as a species. her metaphors make it easy to understand complex ancients means of basic sociological illness.
The old house is exactly how I see "America" - from my own stance as an Indigenous woman living within younger more modern colonial systems and structures. What a terrific metaphor that is.
Globalisation FAILS right there. It fails at the oldness and bogged-down shackles of slavery and militarism. Including the oldness of the leaders and the oldness of their educational and experiential backgrounds that informs their thinking and their policy and planning. I can also state from my experience that the house work and maintanance is no less whether it's a new house of an old one that was a real estate sellers dream.
can u define 'globalisation'? Many ppl mean very different things by the term.
It's so interesting listening to this in 2025, after the most recent police shooting of a woman in her home over a pot of water. The police cam revealed after shots fired that one officer was approaching the body as if to attempt life saving measures and the "bad seed" officer brushed it off, remarking that she's certainly dead and there is no point in bringing that end of life comfort. A true failing of humanity.
I appreciate the evolution of her work, from Warmth of Other Suns to Caste and look forward to see what forgotten elephant in the room she will use to create another bridge for us to unite.
The analogies and metaphors are essential. As someone who often deals with the youth the struggle to see why it's their problem-- any of the metaphors drive home that our existence on this planet necessitates remediation of these pillars.
Listening from Switzerland... where 25% of the 8 Million peoeple cannot vote, but are a big part of the workforce and bearing children to the country. Thank you Isabel Wilkerson 👌🌳
In the United States, I wonder what is the percent?
@@cookingwithrosita6777 well, as a national total, a vastly smaller percentage of population is foreign residents without citizenship or illegal immigrants. But it's a not a tiny number either, iirc. I'm an american, a very liberal one who is quite pro immigration since we've badly needed immigration increasingly over the past forty years, to fulfill basic jobs. In past twenty we're chronically short of enough workers to get stuff done including basic agriculture, but also other jobs, many. Also high end work in STEM fields of course.
I would love to see Wilkerson tackle sexism and misogyny in a subsequent book.
Good over evil. God has everyone’s address. Fix what’s broken before God steps in and unleashes that can of whoop ***.
@OAK Underground: It's too late because these are truly the "End Times" written of in the Bible. I think even the most secular heathen can see something is different, so the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, have already begun to "unleash that can of "whoop***"". In other words, we have not seen "nothing" yet, and things are only going to get worse! I always tell people to be ready for Jesus! May God have mercy on our evil, sinning souls. 🙏🙏🥺🥺😞😞
@@elainesmith7512 way to relinquish your personal responsibility, just another faux xtian, antihumanist fake christian american. Total b.s. on u! While the rest of us secular folks carry the actual weight of the country.