A review by ajt87
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, by Laila Lalami
4.0
I really enjoyed this book Lalami brings up lots of really good points about being a citizen but not feeling like an equal citizen. I felt her chapters on borders, assimilation and gender (she named it inheritance) were my favorites.
The only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5/5 is the final chapter. I didn’t think it wrapped up the book well and felt a bit tacked on. She also in that chapter mentions other facets of conditional citizenship and I wish she would have written a few more chapters and explored those ideas.
The only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5/5 is the final chapter. I didn’t think it wrapped up the book well and felt a bit tacked on. She also in that chapter mentions other facets of conditional citizenship and I wish she would have written a few more chapters and explored those ideas.