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Author Philippe, Ben, author.

Title Sure, I'll be your Black friend : notes from the other side of the fist bump / Ben Philippe.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021

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 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Philippe,B PHI    Available
 GDL Chevy Chase Library Non-Fiction    92 Philippe,B PHI    Available
 GDL Grandview Library Non-Fiction    92 Philippe,B PHI    Available
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Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 300 pages ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Ben Philippe's candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend in predominantly white spaces. From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man in today's world.
Subject Philippe, Ben.
African American men -- Biography -- Humor.
African American men -- Social conditions -- Humor.
United States -- Race relations.
Racism -- United States.
Genre/Form Essays.
Humor.
Personal narratives.
Added Title Sure, I will be your Black friend
ISBN 9780063065062 (library edition)
0063065061 (library edition)
9780063026445 (paperback)
0063026449 (paperback)

 
    
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