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02723aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 18A21E38492A11EDBE3AE0EB30ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221011010051 008 220829s2022 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0063073358 020 $a 9780063073357 035 $a (OCoLC)1342598977 040 $a MDB $b eng $e rda $c MDB $d UAP $d JIM $d SILO 082 04 $a 305.893/540741 $2 23 100 1 $a Farah, Boyah J., $e author. 245 10 $a America made me a black man : $b a memoir / $c Boyah J. Farah. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper , $c [2022] 300 $a 239 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States."No one told me about America." Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah Farah grew up with a code of male bravado that helped him survive deprivation, disease, and civil war. Arriving in America, he believed that the code that had saved him would help him succeed in this new country. But instead of safety and freedom, Boyah found systemic racism, police brutality, and intense prejudice in all areas of life, including the workplace. He learned firsthand not only what it meant to be an African in America, but what it means to be African American. The code of masculinity that shaped generations of men in his family could not prepare Farah for the painful realities of life in the United States. Lyrical yet unsparing, America Made Me a Black Man is the first book-length examination of American racism from an African outsider's perspective. With a singular poetic voice brimming with imagery, Boyah challenges us to face difficult truths about the destructive forces that threaten Black lives and attempts to heal a fracture in Black men's identity. 600 10 $a Farah, Boyah J. 650 0 $a Somalis $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Racism $z United States. 650 0 $a Authors, Black $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authors, Somali $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American authors $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. 650 7 $a African American authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799028 650 7 $a Authors, Black. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821841 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710061621.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231024012319.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024807.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=18A21E38492A11EDBE3AE0EB30ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search