Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200).
Contents:
Part three. Periracial. On White violence, Black survival, and learning to shoot -- Traveling is not a luxury -- Run for your life -- On being anti-White...and other lies -- Part two. On being. Everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed -- On kindness -- On innocence -- On throwing a party -- On learning to ride a motorcycle after fifty and other pursuits -- Part three. Goodbye to all that. Stella -- Gimme a head with hair -- A talk to students -- Periracial.
Summary:
With accumulated wisdom and sharp-eyed clarity, Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, "periracial" America. Award-winning author Kim McLarin utilizes deeply personal experiences to illuminate the pain and power of aging, Blackness and feminism, in the process capturing the endless cycle of progress and backlash that has long shaped race and gender.
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