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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
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What 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 the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. 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 their shadows today.
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"Though certainly timely for the current political moment, Lalami historicizes these trends, which turn out to be as American as apple pie."
"a no-holds-barred non-fiction debut ..."
"Lalami eloquently tacks between her experiences as an immigrant to this country and the history of U.S."
"Lalami braids statistics and historical context with her lived experiences to illustrate how unjust policies and the biases that feed them can affect individual lives."
"a wonderfully readable series of essays ..."
"Consistently thoughtful and incisive, the book confronts the perils of our modern age with truths to inspire the coalition-building necessary to American cultural and democratic survival ..."
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