Citizen

Claudia Rankine's bold new book explores the subtle and overt racial aggressions encountered in daily life and through media in the twenty-first century. These experiences, ranging from minor slights to intentional offenses, accumulate to affect a person's ability to speak, perform, and thrive. Through essay, image, and poetry, this work powerfully examines how our sense of belonging and assumptions of citizenship are tied to these ongoing stresses in a society often labeled 'post-race.