{"product_id":"the-white-bonus-9781250619419","title":"The White Bonus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending work of journalism and memoir by award-winning writer Tracie McMillan tallies the cash benefitand costof 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\u003enot in amorphous privilege, but in dollars and cents?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcMillan then expands her investigation to four other white subjects of different generations across the U.S. Alternating between these subjects\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863153279319,"sku":"9781250619419","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250619419.jpg?v=1759919791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-white-bonus-9781250619419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}