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200 10$aConversate is not a word$b[electronic resource] $egetting away from ghetto /$fJam Donaldson
210   $aChicago, IL $cLawrence Hill Books$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (209 p.)
300   $aIncludes index.
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327   $aCover; 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
330   $aFunny, 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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