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

Young, Damon (author.). Young, Damon Nigger fight story. (Added Author). Young, Damon Street cred. (Added Author). Young, Damon Bomb-ass poetry. (Added Author). Young, Damon Your turn. (Added Author). Young, Damon No homo. (Added Author). Young, Damon Driver's ed. (Added Author). Young, Damon Three niggas. (Added Author). Young, Damon Obama Bomaye. (Added Author). Young, Damon Broke. (Added Author). Young, Damon How to make the internet hate you in 15 simple steps. (Added Author).

Summary: Possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst. Young chronicles his efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various neuroses his country has given him. At their most devastating, these essays provide him reason to believe that his mother would be alive today if she were white. The result is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of both white supremacy and how we define masculinity. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 0062684302
ISBN: 9780062684301
Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: 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.