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Sto caricando le informazioni... Not a Genuine Black Man: Or, How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbsdi Brian Copeland
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A soulful, funny and personal look at the challenges and triumphs of growing up as the only black family in a basically segregated Bay Area community in the 60s and 70s. Important read for comfortable white Bay Area residents, who believe racial redlining is something of the distant past in places far from California. Brian Copeland's one-man show of the same name had a 2 year run in San Francisco, then moved to New York off Broadway. With wit, wisdom and sincerity, Copeland, a comedian and radio talk show host, shares his story of growing up as an African-American boy in San Leandro, Califronia, a city once nationally known as one of the "whitest" suburbs in the nation. Copeland weaves the history of the civil rights struggle in this town with his own struggles of love and abuse within his family, with his multicultural audience in laughter one moment and tears the next. The book expands his story with more details and is on my "must-read" list. If you know you have a project to finish or work to be done, do NOT begin this book! Despite having three projects to finish for school, this book sucked me in completely, and I finished it in four days. It only took me that long because I did manage to do a little work on my projects. Brian Copeland tells the story of his life in a very conversational tone that brings in the elements of his comedy work without seeming contrived. Alongside the moments of mirth, readers will feel their hearts sink in their chest almost every chapter as another instance of racism is discussed. Despite moving between his childhood and adulthood, into what we might consider to be an "enlightened" time, Brian Copeland continuously runs across heartbreaking instances of racism. Some reviewers have reccomended this book for 9-12-year-olds, but I think this book is a bit too mature for them, due to the scenes with Copeland's father. Instead, I believe that it would be most appropriate for 9th graders and above. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Based on the longest-running one-man show in San Francisco history--now coming to Off-Broadway--a hilarious, poignant, and disarming memoir of growing up black in an all-white suburb In 1972, when Brian Copeland was eight, his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, California, hoping for a better life. At the time, San Leandro was 99.4 percent white, known nationwide as a racist enclave. This reputation was confirmed almost immediately: Brian got his first look at the inside of a cop car, for being a black kid walking to the park with a baseball bat. Brian grew up to be a successful comedian and radio talk show host, but racism reemerged as an issue--only in reverse--when he received an anonymous letter: "As an African American, I am disgusted every time I hear your voice because YOU are not a genuine Black man!" That letter inspired Copeland to revisit his difficult childhood, resulting in a hit one-man show that has been running for nearly two years--which has now inspired a book. In this funny, surprising, and ultimately moving memoir, Copeland shows exactly how our surroundings make us who we are. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Mr Copeland is the perfect example of how we can never know what's going on in someone else's life. The horror of being black in the Bay Area never truly came to my mind, until I read this book. While identifying with so many of the "outsider/don't fit in" stories, and definitely the "I don't know what I did wrong. I'm a good person, why do people hate me/bully me so much?" theme, I will never in a million years understand why having a non-pink skin tone is justification to be horrible to people who are just trying to live their lives.
It's no surprise that Mr. Copeland slid into depression and beyond. The story of how he recovered and deals with being black in America and black in the diverse (yet somehow still racist) San Francisco Bay Area is a story told with grace and dignity.
Thank you Mr. Copeland for writing such a book ( )