{"product_id":"the-white-bonus-five-families-and-the-cash-value-of-racism-in-america-9781250619419","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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? \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250619419","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43945467019401,"sku":"9781250619419","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_34030c8b-08f2-400f-b2eb-6a1902a4cc1a.jpg?v=1745913655","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-white-bonus-five-families-and-the-cash-value-of-racism-in-america-9781250619419","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}