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Two of these essays appeared in slightly different form in Solstice and The Crisis magazines.
The author would like to thank the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for its generous support.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Asim, Jabari, 1962– author.
Title: We can’t breathe: on black lives, white lies, and the art of survival / Jabari Asim.
Other titles: We cannot breathe
Description: First Edition. | New York: Picador, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018022983 | ISBN 9781250174536 (trade pbk.) | ISBN 9781250174512 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: African Americans—Social conditions. | African Americans—History. | Racism—United States—History. | United States—Race relations | Restorative justice—United States.
Classification: LCC E185 .A86 2018 | DDC 305.896/073—dc23
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EAN 9781250174536
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First Edition: October 2018