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Why Black people tend to shout : cold facts and wry views from a Black man's world / Ralph Wiley.
LIBRA - Rare E185.86 .W45 1992 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiley, Ralph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- African Americans.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Wiley, Ralph (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 200 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Cold facts and wry views from a Black man's world
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1992.
- Summary:
- In this collection of essays, Wiley--in an immediate and unmistakable style--takes on popular culture as it relates to Black Americans today, adding a new dimension to the dialogue about race. Everyone and everything make their appearance: from Marion Berry and Nietzsche to Bernhard Goetz, Jackie Robinson, Spike Lee, and more.
- Contents:
- Why Black People Tend to Shout
- Work and Business. How Black People Work Under Pressure; Hair; Purple with a Purpose; The Dark Side of Mencken
- About Aesthetics. Why Black People Won't Eat; Why Black People Have no Culture; Integration and Desegregation; Who Black People Don't Like; Who Black People Trust; Sun; On Television
- About Personalities. Robert, Willie, David, Marion and Charles; Crossover with Michael Jackson; Me and Bruce and Dan Jenkins; What the AIDS Doctor Says; When Black People Lose Hope; Who Are the Black Leaders; What to See in the South; I'm Not ...; John Thompson
- About Travel. How Black People Do on IQ Tests; What Black People Should Do When Going Through New York City; White People's Most Admirable Trait; Aliens; Chicken in a Car; D.C. stands for Damn Confusion; Lem-san from Philly Invades Japan
- About Life. Where are the Black Men?; On the Natural Superiority of Black Athletes; Witness for the Prosecution; What Annoys Black People Most.
- Notes:
- "First published in the United States of America by Carol Publishing Group 1991"--Title page verso.
- "Published by Penguin Books 1992."
- "Cover design by Paula Scher."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks
- Banks Collection copy has autograph of Ralph Wiley '92.
- ISBN:
- 0140168532
- 9780140168532
- OCLC:
- 26023781
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