06135cam a2201273 4500 1669301451 TxAuBib 20241023120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781647003852 1647003857 B08WJT6M3Q Amazon ab108376-88e5-4c4d-817e-62d7619b3595 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6080829 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ziwe. Black Friend [OverDrive] : Essays. ABRAMS, 2023. police brutality. Comedian. Facebook. Ally. common sense. Podcasts. award-winning. bigotry. laugh out loud. shade. racial justice. Comedy. sexism. white supremacy. Brunch. unapologetic. educate. feminism. receptive. Election. educational. discrimination. prejudices. Popular Culture. Current Events. Pop Culture. Social Media. Social Justice. Queens. informational. white privilege. funny books. white woman. intersectionality. women of color. antiracist. millennial generation. behavior change. female experience. relatable. Rape culture. pop culture references. humorous essays. comedic. white people. judged. white person. stocking stuffers. loud funny. truth teller. hashtags. systemic change. funny lady. culture references. cuss. cultural appropriation. Realness. white folks. white guys. model minority. woman of color. talk about race. talking about race. lived experiences. systemic oppression. positively change. conversations about race. having a conversation. clueless white. connected lives. cultural obsessions. fellow white. gonna hate. judging yourself. serious subjects. side-eye. tackles tough. white feminist. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 921kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>From the writer crowned one of the smartest, funniest voices in modern America,Â&#160;this hotly anticipated debut collection of essays offers “a precious glimpse into how Ziwe’s uniquely fearless mind functions” (<i>New York Magazine</i>)</b><br /> Ziwe made a name for herself by asking guests like Alyssa Milano, Fran Lebowitz, and Chet Hanks direct questions. In <i>Black Friend</i>, she turns her incisive perspective on both herself and the culture at large. Throughout the book, Ziwe combines pop-culture commentary and personal stories, which grapple with her own (mis)understanding of identity. From a hilarious case of mistaken identity via a jumbotron to a terrifying fight-or-flight encounter in the woods, Ziwe raises difficult questions for comedic relief.<br /> FromÂ&#160;<i>Black Friend’sÂ&#160;</i>Introduction:<br /> “Today, I learned that my book is ranked as the #1 new release in ‘Discrimination and Racism’ on Amazon. Wow. This is a huge honor, especially considering my stiff competition in the selfpublished manifestos space. Unfortunately, this victory is bittersweet. I worry that people may get the wrong idea and think that I am pro-racism when in actuality, I am indifferent. Still, I’d love to thank everyone who made this possible. I solemnly swear to write the most discriminatory book in American history. I hope I can make you proud.<br /> “Just kidding . . . I will not marginalize you . . . unless that’s your kink. This book of essays offers moments of extreme discomfort (and the subsequent growth) in my life around the role of ‘black friend.’ Black friends come in all shapes and sizes. Yet the archetype is often a two-dimensional character meant to support the non-black protagonists’ more complex humanity. Some black friends exist as the comic relief, like Donkey in any of the <i>Shrek</i> movies. Some are the sassy friend, like Louise from St. Louis in <i>Sex and the City</i>. Still others are the inexplicably sagacious companion, like Morpheus in <i>The Matrix</i>. It’s impossible for these individual portraits to reflect my complicated reality. To start, they are fictional. One of them is a talking ass. I do not exist just to move plot. While I am a supportive friend, I am not a supporting character. I am the protagonist of my perfectly imperfect story.”Â. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-22 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ab108376-88e5-4c4d-817e-62d7619b3595&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ab108376-88e5-4c4d-817e-62d7619b3595&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ab108376-88e5-4c4d-817e-62d7619b3595&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)