"Am I the only one who has problems eating chicken, watermelon, and bananas in front of white people?" This book assembles a series of questions posed to black men, by and for other black men, along with the corresponding responses and portraits of the participants.
"'I am black--and brown, too,' writes Emily Bernard. 'Brown is the body I was born into. Black is the body of the stories I tell.' And the storytelling begins when Bernard, then a graduate student at Yale, was randomly attacked by a stranger with a knife. She explores how that bizarre act of violence set her free and unleashed the storyteller in her. Bernard writes how each of the essays goes beyond a narrative of black innocence and white guilt, how each is anchored in a mystery, and how each sets out to discover a new way of telling the truth as the author has lived it"--Back cover
In twelve intensely personal, interconnected essays, Emily Bernard sets out to tell stories from her life that enable her to talk about truth, race, family and relationships, and much more. She observes the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities of growing up black in the South with a family name inherited from a white man, of getting a PhD from Yale, of marrying a white man from the North, of adopting two babies from Ethiopia, of teaching at a white college and living in America's New England today. Ultimately, she shows us that it is in our shared experience of humanity that we find connection, happiness and hope
In Malevolent Nurture, Deborah Willis explores the dynamics of witchcraft accusation through legal documents, pamphlet literature, religious tracts, and the plays of...
Exploring the intricacies of interracial friendships, this collection features essays from notable writers that delve into diverse relationships among Latino, white, black, and Asian individuals. Through various narratives, readers encounter unique pairings, such as an Italian American college student sharing a room with a well-educated black peer, and a Korean American who feels more at home with Latino and black friends than his suburban counterparts. These essays highlight the bonds formed despite cultural and ethnic differences, emphasizing the power of friendship across divides.
A stunning, visual biography of Michelle Obama that finally puts her phenomenal fame into a cultural and historical context we can all understand. číst celé