Conditional Citizens
A New York Times Editors' Choice - Best Book of the Year: Time, NPR, Bookpage, L.A. TimesWhat does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize-finalist…
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A New York Times Editors' Choice - Best Book of the Year: Time, NPR, Bookpage, L.A. TimesWhat does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of American rights, liberties, and protections.Sharp, bracingly clear essays.--Entertainment WeeklyTapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth--such as national origin, race, and gender--that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today.Lalami poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation, with the result that a caste system is maintained that keeps the modern