Sure, I'll be your Black friend : notes from the other side of the fist bump / Ben Philippe.
Sure, I'll be your Black friend : notes from the other side of the fist bump / Ben Philippe.
Alternate Title
:
Sure, I will be your Black friend
By
:
Philippe, Ben.
Publication Date
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2021
Publication Information
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New York : Harper Perennial,
Physical Description
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xvi, 300 p.
Subject Term
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African American men -- Biography.
African American authors -- Biography.
Racism -- United States.
American wit and humor.
Essays.
Geographic Term
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United States -- Race relations.
Bibliography Note
:
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780063026445
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 973.0496 P53 | Checked In |
| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 973.0496 P53 | Checked In |