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Autore: | Donaldson Jam |
Titolo: | Conversate is not a word [[electronic resource] ] : getting away from ghetto / / Jam Donaldson |
Pubblicazione: | Chicago, IL, : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.896073 |
Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Race identity |
African Americans - Psychology | |
African Americans - Social life and customs | |
African Americans - Social conditions | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Conversate is not a word |
ISBN: | 1-56976-550-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781197103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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