Black, Listed
Black British Culture Explored
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.
These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between.
Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye.
PRAISE FOR BLACK, LISTED:
'This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others' David Lammy, Guardian
'A panoramic exploration of black identity' Elle
'Urgent, timely reading' AnOther Magazine
'Inventive, refreshing and humorous' Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
'A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining' Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller
Customer Reviews
I can’t emphasise it enough. If you are black you must read this!
An urban dictionary for modern blackness. Jeffrey Boakye tacitly moves through terms that, as a black person, we’ve seen, heard, or experienced. It blows up blackness into an index that one can look through, and even investigate themselves.
It calls the reader to think about their own experiences, regardless of race. It is not only provocative, but insightful and witty, sparing no term the courtesy of shallow investigation.
Some terms are heavier than others, as the reader will come across with the “derogatory terms” section, while other terms are amazingly integrated into the fabric of the black experience. Each section feels like a tour, a peep through the looking glass if you will, of identity and culture.
You won’t find a more complete list on the Internet, and his allusions will probably have you somewhere between laughing, thinking and angry.
A beneficial read.