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Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young Black woman out late with a White child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.

It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

Cuando ambas mujeres descubren que tienen mucho más en común de lo que creían, su forma de ver el mundo que las rodea, e incluso a sí mismas, da un vuelco que pone sus vidas patas arriba.

Es ist eine richtig gute Party. Es ist voll, die Musik ist laut, die Drinks sind kalt. Emira ist aufgestylt und feiert richtig ab. Da bekommt die Afroamerikanerin einen Anruf von Alix. Ob sie wohl spontan auf die kleine Briar aufpassen könne? Emira liebt Briar, und sie braucht den Job als Babysitterin. Wenig später hängen die beiden in einem riesigen Supermarkt ab und albern herum. Doch einer der Sicherheitsleute macht ihnen Stress. Eine junge Schwarze, mit einem kleinen weißen Mädchen? Es kommt zu einem Tumult.

Yumi Parr is the new project coordinator of a Manhattan design agency. Set apart from her coworkers by their race, salaries, alma maters, perfect teeth, and waistbands, Yumi bears their grunt work. After one microaggression too many, she decides to implement a change. Either senior white employees with their mouthfuls of wokespeak will comply or Yumi will learn a difficult lesson about the realities of modern business culture.