Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV—everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship.
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“Allyson Johnson captures every ounce of the pathos and shock contained in the stories of the racial injustice…Johnson’s measured drama and impassioned dialogue interpretations rivet the listener’s attention…Her memorable performance provides auditory texture and impact for the audiobook…The achievement of this audio is how it allows these stories and the author’s powerful perspective to compel more empathy and vigilance about this lingering problem in America. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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