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How to make a slave and other essays /

Personal essays exploring identity, family and community through the prism of race and black culture. Confronts the medical profession's racial biases, shopping while black at Whole Foods, the legacy of Michael Jackson, raising black boys, haircuts that scare white people, racial profiling and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Jerald (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Mad Creek Books, an imprint of the Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Series:21st century essays.
Subjects:
Walker, Jerald.
African Americans > Race identity.
Race discrimination.
Families.
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Summary:Personal essays exploring identity, family and community through the prism of race and black culture. Confronts the medical profession's racial biases, shopping while black at Whole Foods, the legacy of Michael Jackson, raising black boys, haircuts that scare white people, racial profiling and growing up in southside Chicago.
Physical Description:viii, 151 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780814255995
081425599X