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Author:

Asim, Jabari, 1962- author.

Title:

We can't breathe : on black lives, white lies, and the art of survival / Jabari Asim.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

Picador,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

193 pages ; 18 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--History.
Racism--United States--History.
United States--Race relations.
Restorative justice--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Getting it twisted -- The elements of strut -- Shooting negroes -- Color him father -- The seer and the seen : on reading and being -- Brick relics -- The thing itself -- Of love and struggle : the limits of respectability -- Selected bibliography.

Summary:

"Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body"--Front flap.

ISBN:

1250174538
9781250174536

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1022486757

LCCN:

2018022983

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)