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Donaldson Jam |
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Conversate is not a word [[electronic resource] ] : getting away from ghetto / / Jam Donaldson |
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Chicago, IL, : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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African Americans - Race identity |
African Americans - Psychology |
African Americans - Social life and customs |
African Americans - Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Cover; Dedication; contents; Prologue; Introduction: I'm No Revolutionary-Ha-ha Damn; 1 Duality: The War Within; 2 C Is for Crap: Standards, Schmandards; 3 They Don't Know Any Better?; 4 Call the Mayor, Then Pick Up the Trash Yourself: Trash as Caste?; 5 If You're Gonna Hang on the Corner All Day, Take a Book (Mitigate Your Damages); 6 It Takes a Village, My Ass; 7 "Ghetto Fabulous" Is an Oxymoron; 8 Growing Pains: Where Are the Leaders?; 9 The Talented Tenth Has Let Us Down; 10 Doing the Best I Can with What I Got; Epilogue; Index |
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Funny, sad, and refreshingly honest, this provocative commentary based on the author's award-winning blog explores what is wrong with black culture and what needs to be done to fix neighborhoods and improve lives. The fresh, female voice presents a new perspective?differing from so many other treatises on the subject written primarily by older men?and takes into account hip-hop and the internet without assuming a condescending tone. Continually reviewing the ongoing struggle between her own conflicting identities, she asks such questions as How ca |
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