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04305aam a2200529 i 4500 001 1C5BB0B48EF611ECB1103A7D2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220216010022 008 220127s2022 nyu e b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2021035786 020 $a 0593298543 020 $a 9780593298541 035 $a (OCoLC)1293868504 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c FSP $d FSP $d OCLCO $d TCH $d OJ4 $d RNL $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a nwtr--- $a n-us--- 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20211007 100 1 $a Drayton, Tiffanie, $e author. 245 10 $a Black American refugee : $b escaping the narcissism of the American dream / $c Tiffanie Drayton. 246 30 $a Escaping the narcissism of the American dream 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Viking, $c [2022] 300 $a 294 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294). 520 $a "After following her mother to the US at a young age to pursue economic opportunities, one woman must come to terms with the ways in which systematic racism and resultant trauma keep the American Dream inaccessible to Black people. In the early '90s, young Tiffanie Drayton and her siblings left Trinidad and Tobago to join their mother in New Jersey, where she'd been making her way as a domestic worker, eager to give her children a shot at the American Dream. At first, life in the US was idyllic. But chasing good school districts with affordable housing left Tiffanie and her family constantly uprooted--moving from Texas to Florida then back to New Jersey. As Tiffanie came of age in the suburbs, she began to ask questions about the binary Black and white American world. Why were the Black neighborhoods she lived in crime-ridden, and the multicultural ones safe? Why were there so few Black students in advanced classes at school, if there were any advanced classes at all? Why was it so hard for Black families to achieve stability? Why were Black girls treated as something other than worthy? Ultimately, exhausted by the pursuit of a "better life" in America, twenty-year old Tiffanie returns to Tobago. She is suddenly able to enjoy the simple freedom of being Black without fear, and imagines a different future for her own children. But then COVID-19 and widely publicized instances of police brutality bring America front and center again. This time, as an outsider supported by a new community, Tiffanie grieves and rages for Black Americans in a way she couldn't when she was one. An expansion of her New York Times piece of the same name, Black American Refugee examines in depth the intersection of her personal experiences and the broader culture and historical ramifications of American racism and global white supremacy. Through thoughtful introspection and candidness, Tiffanie unravels the complex workings of the people in her life, including herself, centering Black womanhood, and illuminating the toll a lifetime of racism can take. Must Black people search beyond the shores of the "land of the free" to realize emancipation? Or will the voices that propel America's new reckoning welcome all dreamers and dreams to this land?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Drayton, Tiffanie. 650 0 $a Trinidadian Americans $z New Jersey $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women immigrants $z New Jersey $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American women $z New Jersey $v Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Social conditions $y 21st century $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Racism $z United States $x History $y 21st century $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Abused wives $z New Jersey $v Biography. 650 0 $a Abused wives $z Trinidad $z Trinidad $v Biography. 650 0 $a Return migrants $z Trinidad $z Trinidad $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 11 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314023737.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015738.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024556.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230221010455.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20220903010839.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630013239.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20220601010905.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220405013949.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220302013328.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220302010319.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220216010030.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C5BB0B48EF611ECB1103A7D2DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search