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Author:

Young, Damon, 1978- author.

Title:

What doesn't kill you makes you blacker : a memoir in essays / Damon Young.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

307 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Young, Damon,--1978-
African American men--Biography.
African American journalists--Biography.
African American men--Social conditions.
United States--Race relations.
Racism--United States.

Contents:

Introduction: Zoe. Nigger fight story -- Street cred -- Bomb-ass poetry -- Your turn -- No homo -- Driver's ed -- Three niggas -- Obama bomaye -- Broke -- How to make the internet hate you in 15 simple steps -- Banging over bacon -- Yolo -- Living while black killed my mom -- East liberty kutz -- Thursday-night hoops -- Zoe.

Summary:

"From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in America. For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as How should I react here, as a professional black person?

ISBN:

0062684302
9780062684301

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090242570

LCCN:

bl2019000961

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CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)