Reviews and Blog Posts: racism

For colored boys who have considered suicide when the rainbow is still not enough : coming of age, coming out, and coming home

by Keith Boykin

DPL Rating:
5

How would you respond to growing suicides in your community? Keith Boykin responded by publishing a call to action through a collection of memoirs by African American and Latino men. Winner of the 2013 Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction, these raw stories of survival also offer Hope (with a capital H). If you only read what mainstream news reports, Boykin's outstanding...

Crash

DPL Rating:
5
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Crash is a harsh and clever look at race dynamics in modern America. The characters dramatically crash into each other in ways that seem extreme but on closer look should be familiar to us all.

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