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Conditional citizens: on belonging in America

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In this brilliantly argued and deeply personal work, Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S.citizen, using her own story as a starting point for an 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 cast their shadows today, poignantly illustrating how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation. Weaving together her experiences with an examination of the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture, Lalami illuminates how conditional citizens are all those whom America embraces with one arm and pushes away with the other.

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Call Number

323 LAL C

Publisher

New York : Vintage Books., 2020

Collation

191 p. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780525436041

Classification

300

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Political Science
Race discrimination
Citizenship - United States of America

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Laila Lalami

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