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Some of my best friends : essays on lip service / Tajja Isen.

by Isen, Tajja, author.

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New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2022.

Race relations.

Multiculturalism.

Social justice.

9781982178420 (hardcover) :

1982178426 (hardcover) :

xv, 222 pages ; 23 cm

First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.

Introduction -- Hearing voices -- Tiny white people -- Diversity hire -- This time it's personal -- Some of my best friends -- Barely legal -- What we want and when we want it -- Do you read me -- Dead or Canadian.

"In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn't always follow through. These nine daring essays explore the sometimes troubling and often awkward nature of that discord. Some of My Best Friends takes on subjects including the cartoon industry's pivot away from color-blind casting, the pursuit of diverse representation in the literary world, the law's refusal to see inequality, and the cozy fictions of nationalism. Throughout, Isen deftly examines the quick, cosmetic fixes society makes to address systemic problems, and reveals the unexpected ways they can misfire. In the spirit of Zadie Smith, Cathy Park Hong, and Jia Tolentino, Isen interlaces cultural criticism with her lived experience to explore the gaps between what we say and what we do, what we do and what we value, what we value and what we demand."-- Publisher.

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