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\nJust Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine\n
\nAt hom e and in government\, contemporary America finds itself driven \;by&nb sp\;a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the r ise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions\, how can humans best ap proach one another across our differences? Taking the study of whiteness a nd white supremacy as a guiding light\, \;Claudia Rankine \;explor es a series of real encounters with friends and strangers - each disruptin g 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 off er the only humane pathways through this moment of division. \;Just Us \;is \;an \;invitation to discover what it takes to stay in t he room together\, and to breach the silence\, guilt and violence that sur round whiteness. Brilliantly arranging essays\, images and poems along wit h the voices and rebuttals of others\, it counterpoints \;Rankine's&nb sp\;own text with facing-page notes and commentary\, and closes with a bra vura study of women confronting the political and cultural implications of dyeing their hair blonde
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