WAKING UP WHITE, AND FINDING COLOR:Book a full century before the

a full century before the Declaration of Independence

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ancestry and honoring one’s roots and expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself

where he must keep his enemies close and Lan Wangji even closer

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WAKING UP WHITE, AND FINDING COLOR:Book a full century before theWaking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her sometimes cringe worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As Irving unpacks her own long held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill