| Description |
151 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series Title |
21st century essays.
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21st century essays
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| Contents |
How to make a slave -- Dragon slayers -- Before grief -- Inauguration -- Kaleshion -- The heritage room -- Unprepared -- Feeding pigeons -- Breathe -- The heart -- Balling -- Testimony -- Smoke -- Wars -- Simple -- The designated driver -- Strippers -- Thieves -- Once more to the ghetto -- Race stories -- Advice to a family man. |
| Summary |
"Personal essays exploring identity, family, and community through the prism of race and black culture. Confronts the medical profession's racial biases, shopping while black at Whole Foods, the legacy of Michael Jackson, raising black boys, haircuts that scare white people, racial profiling, and growing up in Southside Chicago"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
African Americans -- Race identity.
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Race discrimination.
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Families.
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American essays -- 21st century.
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Essays.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections.
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| ISBN |
9780814255995 (paperback) |
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081425599X (paperback) |
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