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Author Donaldson, Jam

Title Conversate is not a word : getting away from ghetto / Jam Donaldson
Published Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages)
Contents Duality: the war within -- C is for crap: standards, schmandards -- They don't know any better? -- Call the mayor, then pick up the trash yourself: trash as caste? -- If you're gonna hang on the corner all day, take a book (mitigate your damages) -- It takes a village, my ass -- "Ghetto fabulous" is an oxymoron -- Growing pains: where are the leaders? -- The talented tenth has let us down -- Doing the best I can with what I got
Summary Explores what is wrong with black culture and what needs to be done to fix neighbourhoods and improve lives. This title provides a window into the complex, contradictory perspectives that exist within every member of the black community while also offering comic anecdotes
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Subject African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Psychology.
African Americans -- Social life and customs.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
African Americans -- Psychology
African Americans -- Race identity
African Americans -- Social conditions
African Americans -- Social life and customs
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781569765500
1569765502