Invisible man, got the whole world watching : a young black man's education
Smith, Mychal Denzel, 1986-2017
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How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle and Frank Ocean. Here, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight.
Main title:
Invisible man, got the whole world watching : a young black man's education / Mychal Denzel Smith.
Author:
Smith, Mychal Denzel, 1986-, author
Imprint:
New York : Nation Books, 2017.
Collation:
240 pages ; 21 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781568589770 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.24210896073
LC class:
E185.625
Local class:
305.2421
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2035290
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