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What doesn't kill you makes you blacker : a memoir in essays / Damon Young.

Young, Damon, 1978- (author.).

Summary:

The co-founder of VerySmartBrothas.com presents a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the direct impact of racism on his life, the shifting definition of black male identity, and the ongoing realities of white supremacy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062684301
  • ISBN: 0062684302
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Living while black is an extreme sport -- Nigger fight story -- Street cred -- Bomb-ass poetry -- Your turn -- No homo -- Driver's ed -- Three niggas -- Obama bomaye -- Broke -- How to make the internet hate you in 15 simple steps -- Banging over bacon -- Yolo -- Living while black killed my mom -- East liberty kutz -- Thursday-night hoops -- Zoe.
Subject: Young, Damon, 1978-
African American men > Biography.
African American journalists > Biography.
African American men > Social conditions.
Racism > United States.
United States > Race relations.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Prince Rupert Library 973.0496 Youn (Text) 33294002168425 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -


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