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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Asim, Jabari, 1962- author.     Subjects     African Americans -- Social conditions.     African Americans -- History.     Racism -- United States -- History.     Restorative justice -- United States.     United States -- Race relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Asim, Jabari, 1962- author.       by title:      We can't breathe : o...         MARC Display

We can't breathe : on black lives, white lies, and the art of survival / Jabari Asim. by Asim, Jabari, 1962- author. New York : Picador, 2018. Subjects African Americans -- Social conditions.   African Americans -- History.   Racism -- United States -- History.   Restorative justice -- United States.   United States -- Race relations. ISBN:  9781250174536 (trade pbk.) : 1250174538 (trade pbk.) Description:  193 pages ; 18 cm Edition:  First Edition. Contents:  Getting it twisted -- The elements of strut -- Shooting negroes -- Color him father -- The seer and the seen : on reading and being -- Brick relics -- The thing itself -- Of love and struggle : the limits of respectability -- Selected bibliography. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body"--Front flap.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.89607 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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