Marie speaks about the effect of “Cold War terror” on the psychology of her generation.taking place today? What do you make of her depiction of U.S. Early in the book, Marie writes of her FBI colleagues: “nlike me, they weren’t people who’d had their existence politicized on their behalf.” How does this resonate for you amid conversations about race in the U.S.How does this affect Marie’s own perspective on race and identity? Wilkinson writes that Marie’s mother “passed” as a white woman, while her father was a visible leader in the black community.Why does it frustrate her to hear it coming from him? “We hold women to an unfair double standard,” Marie is told by Ed Ross when being recruited for a mission abroad.What challenges does Marie face as a black woman in the FBI?.What did you think of the style in which Wilkinson wrote the book, as a letter to Marie’s sons?.WARNING: Spoiler alert on questions further down Wilkinson will answer reader questions about “American Spy” on the PBS NewsHour at the end of the month.

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