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Title What doesn't kill you makes you blacker : a memoir in essays / Damon Young.
Author Young, Damon, 1978- author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Chickasaw  B YOUNG    Check Shelves
 Eatonville  B YOUNG    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B YOUNG    Check Shelves
 Washington Park  B YOUNG    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 307 pages ; 24 cm
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unmediated rdamedia
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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.
Contents 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.
United States -- Race relations.
Racism -- United States.
ocls african american bio
Added Title Essays. Selections
What does not kill you makes you blacker
ISBN 9780062684301 : $27.99
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