Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America Lalami Laila
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America Lalami Laila A New York Times Editors' ChoiceNamed a Best Book of the Year by Time, NPR, Bookpage and the L.A. In this starkly illuminating and…
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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America Lalami Laila
A New York Times Editors' ChoiceNamed a Best Book of the Year by Time, NPR, Bookpage and the L.A. In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. Times.Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWhat does it mean to be American?
Tapping 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, citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship.