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Author:

Philippe, Ben, author.

Title:

Sure, I'll be your Black friend : notes from the other side of the fist bump / Ben Philippe.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvi, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Philippe, Ben.
African American men--Humor.--Humor.
African American men--Social conditions--Humor.
United States--Race relations.
Racism--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes Ben Philippe's candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend in predominantly white spaces. From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man in today's world.

ISBN:

0063026449
9780063026445
0063065061
9780063065062

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1224592580

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

BDPB251 -- Granger Public Library (Granger)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

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

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)