Just us
By Rankine, Claudia,
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Just us :an American conversation

by
Rankine, Claudia,1963-. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
African AmericansSocial conditions21st century.(WiMaSCL)4521535
United StatesRace relations21st century.(WiMaSCL)4625037
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Publisher and Date
Minneapolis, Minnesota :Graywolf Press,[2020]
ISBN
9781644450215.
;
1644450216.
Library of Congress Call Number
E185.86.R34 2020
Geographic Area Code
n-us---
Description
342 pages :illustrations (chiefly color) ;24 cm
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1136969425
Summary"At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, how can humans best approach one another across our differences? Taking the study of whiteness and white supremacy as a guiding light, Claudia Rankine explores a series of real encounters with friends and strangers - each disrupting the false comfort of spaces where our public and private lives intersect, like the airport, the theatre, the dinner party and the voting booth - and urges us to enter into the conversations which could offer the only humane pathways through this moment of division. Just Us is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, and to breach the silence, guilt and violence that surround whiteness. Brilliantly arranging essays, images and poems along with the voices and rebuttals of others, it counterpoints Rankine's own text with facing-page notes and commentary, and closes with a bravura study of women confronting the political and cultural implications of dyeing their hair blonde."--Publisher's description.
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