{"product_id":"the-white-card-a-play-9781555978396","title":"The White Card: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives by Claudia Rankine, the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCitizen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe White Card \u003ci\u003estages a conversation that is both informed and derailed by the black\/white American drama. The scenes in this one-act play, for all the characters' disagreements, stalemates, and seeming impasses, explore what happens if one is willing to stay in the room when it is painful to bear the pressure to listen and the obligation to respond.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from the introduction by Claudia Rankine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Rankine's first published play, \u003ci\u003eThe White Card\u003c\/i\u003e, poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed of two scenes, the play opens with a dinner party thrown by Virginia and Charles, an influential Manhattan couple, for the up-and-coming artist Charlotte. Their conversation about art and representations of race spirals toward the devastation of Virginia and Charles's intentions. One year later, the second scene brings Charlotte and Charles into the artist's studio, and their confrontation raises both the stakes and the questions of what--and who--is actually on display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRankine's \u003ci\u003eThe White Card\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and revelatory distillation of racial divisions as experienced in the white spaces of the living room, the art gallery, the theater, and the imagination itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555978396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2018 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Claudia Rankine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659653607580,"sku":"9781555978396","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dcb72cb6-2afc-4162-a5c0-78d635a84985.jpg?v=1603895207","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-white-card-a-play-9781555978396","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}