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A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns shes called home revealing how White supremacyhas fundamentally shaped the nation

At a time when many would rather ban or bury the truth AliKhan bravely faces it in this bracing and necessary bookAyad Akhtar Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Homeland Elegies

Sofia AliKhans parents emigrated from Pakistan to America believing it would be a good country With a nerdy interest in American folk history and a devotion to the rule of law AliKhan would pursue a career in social justice serving some of Americas most vulnerable communities By the time she had children of her ownhaving lived worked and worshipped in twelve different towns across the nationAliKhan felt deeply American maybe even a little extra American for having seen so much of the country

But in the wake of 9/11 and on the cusp of the 2016 election AliKhans dream of a good life felt under constant threat As the vitriolic attacks on Islam and Muslims intensified she wondered if the American dream had ever applied to families like her own and if she had gravely misunderstood her home

In A Good Country AliKhan revisits the color lines in each of her twelve towns unearthing the halfburied histories of forced migration that still shape every state town and reservation in America today From the surprising origins of Americas Chinatowns the expulsion of Maroon and Seminole people during the conquest of Florida to Virginias stake in breeding humans for sale AliKhan reveals how Americas settler colonial origins have defined the law and landscape to maintain a White America She braids this historical exploration with her ownstory providing an intimate perspective on the modern racialization of American Muslims and why she chose to leave the United States

Equal parts memoir history and current events A Good Country presents a vital portrait of our nation its people and the pathway to a better future