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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philippe, Ben, author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men, Black--Biography.

Men, Black.

Authors, Black--Biography.

Authors, Black.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Social conditions.

United States.

American wit and humor.

African American authors.

Race relations.

Men, Black--Social conditions.

Philippe, Ben.

United States--Race relations.

Genre:

Essays.

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Humor.

Physical Description:

xvi, 300 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Sure, I will be your Black friend

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, [2021]

Summary:

In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes 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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Tell-All Writer

Two. Ten Things to Know Before Befriending Me, or "Which Black Guy Are You Getting?"

Three. The First Gift

Four. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Canadian

Five. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Foreign Kid

Six. Sure, I'll Be Your Anchor Baby

Seven. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Son

Eight. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Boyfriend

Nine. How to Go through Life without Drowning, Part I

Ten. Sure, I Guess I'll Be Your Classic Name-Brand Cookie

Eleven. How to Go through Life without Drowning, Part II

Twelve. Boomerangs Come Back

Thirteen. From Another Mother

Fourteen. I Was Promised Ballplayers and Rap Stars, Addicted to the Limelight

Fifteen. Sure, I'll Be Your Woke Black Friend

Sixteen. Sherman Klump v. Buddy Love

Seventeen. Ivory Skin, Eyes of Something Green

Eighteen. Sister, Sister

Nineteen. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Guy

-Emphasis on Guy

Twenty. How to Go through Life without Drowning, Part III

Twenty-One. Song of the South

Twenty-Two. Sure, I'll Be Your Accessory to Larceny

Twenty-Three. Sure, I'll Be Your One That Got Away

Twenty-Four. Black Ghost Goes, "Boo!"

Twenty-Five. Sure, I'll Be Your Black Sidekick

Twenty-Six. Sure, I'll Be Your 2016 Shithole Rescapee

Twenty-Seven. Smile Through It

Twenty-Eight. How to Live Strictly on Common Grounds

Twenty-Nine. Sure, I'll Be Your Bl

- RACE WARS!!!

Thirty One Of the Good Ones

Thirty-One. Conclusion: How to Thrive in a Black Body at Any Age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780063026445

0063026449

OCLC:

1224592580

Publisher Number:

99987776428