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The 2016 American Presidential Election
This event, according to Wilkerson, exposed and reactivated the racism that had in recent years lain dormant in the American psyche.
The Thawing of the Siberian Permafrost
This event allowed dormant anthrax bacteria to escape and infect people and animals.
Silent Earthquakes
These deep, slow disruptions precede more obvious earth tremors.
The "Old House"
This object is the subject of one of Wilkerson's analogies; in this comparison, America is like this object and needs repair by those who have "inherited" it.
Caste System
A permanent hierarchy based on ancestry.
Race
A socially-constructed category based on some biological feature, such as skin color.
The Jim Crow South
The period between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement during which laws were used in the American South to enforce the subordinate position of Black Americans.
The Third Reich
The regime in control of Germany during the middle...
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