{"product_id":"the-white-bonus-tracie-mcmillan-9781250619426","title":"The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending work of journalism and memoir by award-winning writer Tracie McMillan tallies the cash benefit--and cost--of racism in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe White Bonus\u003c\/i\u003e, McMillan asks a provocative question about racism in America: When people of color are denied so much, what are white people given? And how much is it \u003ci\u003eworth\u003c\/i\u003e--not in amorphous privilege, but in dollars and cents? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcMillan begins with three generations of her family, tracking their modest wealth to its roots: American policy that helped whites first. Simultaneously, she details the complexities of their advantage, exploring her mother's death in a nursing home, at 44, on Medicaid; her family's implosion; and a small inheritance from a banker grandfather. In the process, McMillan puts a cash value to whiteness in her life and assesses its worth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcMillan then expands her investigation to four other white subjects of different generations across the U.S. Alternating between these subjects and her family, McMillan shows how, and to what degree, racial privilege begets material advantage across class, time, and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Robin DiAngelo's \u003ci\u003eWhite Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e and Heather McGhee's \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Us, \u003c\/i\u003eMcMillan brings groundbreaking insight on the white working class. And for readers of Tara Westover's \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e and Kiese Laymon's \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e, McMillan reckons intimately with the connection between the abuse we endure at home and the abuse America allows in public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracie McMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250619424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250619426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.62w x 1.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Tracie McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478600245503,"sku":"9781250619426","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_071a4dac-d181-4eca-98e0-69d8ca5e7587.jpg?v=1715935419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-white-bonus-tracie-mcmillan-9781250619426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}