Summary

In Chapter 14, a black father sits at a diner with his toddler, telling the boy he must eat his food, not just drink his juice. A white, older woman comes to their table and tells the boy he can drink his juice. The father tells her to walk away.

America has a history of the dominant caste believing they have authority over the subordinate caste’s children. Slavery saw the children as the enslaver’s property, rather than the enslaved’s children. Modern caste structures gives dominant caste members a sense of entitlement to assert themselves into the matters of the subordinate caste and dismiss them.

Wilkerson notes the rise of white people inserting themselves into the business of black people in America and calling the police on them for simply living their lives. These acts cause societal disruptions, derailing the lives...