It's a Privilege Just to Be Here is a nuanced novel set at an elite prep school in Washington, D.C. Aki Hiyashi-Brown teaches at Wesley Friends School and she knows how fortunate she is to teach there and be able to send her teenage daughter Meg to school there as well. 

Aki became pregnant as a graduate student, which threw off her plans for a PhD and landed her at Wesley because of its subsidized childcare. Now years later, she has become accustomed to being one of the trophy teachers of color and the subtle racism of the institution. But when someone graffities "Make Wesley White Again.," Aki has to face all that means and what the actions of her school mean for people of color and herself. 

Compared to Celeste Ng and Kiley Reid, this is a stunning debut that proves Emma Sasaki can write with a powerful style that is also all her own. I was hooked from the first page to the last, loving this complex and astute take down of private school culture and generational differences in tackling systemic injustices. 

I cannot recommend this highly enough!