What doesn't kill you makes you blacker : a memoir in essays

Author

Damon Young

Call Number

• 921 Y696 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]

Physical Description

307 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

The co-founder of VerySmartBrothas.com presents a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the direct impact of racism on his life, the shifting definition of black male identity, and the ongoing realities of white supremacy.

Contents

• Living while black is an extreme sport
• Nigger fight story
• Street cred
• Bomb-ass poetry
• Your turn
• No homo
• Driver's ed
• Three niggas
• Obama bomaye
• Broke
• How to make the internet hate you in 15 simple steps
• Banging over bacon
• Yolo
• Living while black killed my mom
• East liberty kutz
• Thursday-night hoops
• Zoe.