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helaura 's review for:
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
by Laila Lalami
So basically everyone that is not a white male is a conditional citizen? If this was limited to naturalized citizens, or just color, I could maybe get on board. But once you say the majority of citizens are conditional, I think we need a reframe. And that's not even to consider places like Spain that literally have two classes of citizens (naturalized and non) with different rights to pass on citizenship. That doesn't exist in the US.
I agree with all of her very maintream liberal positions on how race, gender, faith, etc are treated unfairly but this book says nothing new. It's an of-the-moment infuriation of Trump era politics that just doesn't hit the same in 2024.
I agree with all of her very maintream liberal positions on how race, gender, faith, etc are treated unfairly but this book says nothing new. It's an of-the-moment infuriation of Trump era politics that just doesn't hit the same in 2024.