Lure and Loathing Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation
by Gerald Early
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
"The history of the American Negro is the history of strife ... The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second sight in this American world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.