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We Can't Breathe

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

We Can't Breathe

By Jabari Asim

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About the book

Insightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari AsimIn We Can't Breathe, Jabari Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison has exposed as the "Master Narrative" and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight wide-ranging and penetrating essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in blac...Show more

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ISBN

9781250174536

Publisher

St Martin's Press

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

We Can't Breathe

Format

Paperback

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