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At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. moreIt is not alone. In such partis an 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. Show more