The Real Ones - By Maya Rupert

*On Sale / Release Date: February 10, 2026 The Real Ones:How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic By Maya Rupert Publisher: Penguin Adult HC/TR | Dutton (2026) ISBN-13: 9780593475973 Pages: 256 Genre(s): Biography & Memoir, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Black/African American Interest About the Book Leading political strategist Maya Rupert reveals how living under conditional acceptance in America takes a toll on people of color, and when being real comes at a cost, authenticity becomes a privilege the marginalized cannot afford—until we heed her book's groundbreaking calls to affirm all that we are. One of Maya Rupert’s earliest life lessons was learning how to be inauthentic. That performance—the ability to make white people feel comfortable about race and their own racism—has perversely conferred upon her everything from safety and acceptance to professional success and social capital. As only the third Black woman in history to run a presidenti