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

Philippe, Ben, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063065062
  • ISBN: 0063065061
  • ISBN: 9780063026445
  • ISBN: 0063026449
  • Physical Description: xvi, 300 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Philippe, Ben.
African American men > Biography > Humor.
African American men > Social conditions > Humor.
Racism > United States.
Racism.
United States > Race relations.
Genre:
Essays.
Humor.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 19 total copies.
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Mars Hill Library 973.049 PHI (Text) 30229101210143 Adult Nonfiction Available -