{"product_id":"how-it-feels-to-be-black-in-the-usa-poetic-narratives-for-racial-equity-equality-healing-and-freedom-9789004525450","title":"How It Feels to Be Black in the USA: Poetic Narratives for Racial Equity, Equality, Healing, and Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to be Black in America? In this book, Pierre W. Orelus uses his poetry to unpack this question, unmasking racism, sexism, and oppression in America. The 59 poems in this collection deal with a wide range of topics, from immigration to xenophobia, from Black pride to Black rage, from parenting to female empowerment.    Since the dawn of time, poetry and stories have been used to address social issues while inspiring at the same time deep, imaginary, and philosophical thoughts. This book combines poetry with short stories situated in very specific historical, racial, socio-economic, and cultural contexts to examine the existential experiences of Brown and Black people in the Americas, particularly in the United States of America, with systemic racism, voucher capitalism, xenophobia, and sexism, among other social wrongs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: How Does It Feel Like to Be a Problem in the United States of America?   Awad Ibrahim    Introduction    PART 1  1 Feeling the Blues in the United States of America    2 In Search of a Safe Place    3 We’re Not Going Anywhere    4 From the Ghetto to the Ivory Tower    5 The Resilient Black Woman    6 The Oppressed of the Americas    7 Feeling in Exile in My Own Land    8 The Misrepresentation of People of the Global Majority    9 The Vetted Immigrants    10 Phobias in the United States    11 The Narcissist with the Blue Eyes    12 Why Are Black People So Angry?    13 What Happens to the Black Nation?    14 Black Pride    15 The Woman Who Floats    16 Still Standing in Front of You    17 In the Memory of George Floyd    18 How It Feels to Be Black in the Americas    19 We’re Rising up in Multi Colors    20 Love Always Trumps over Hate    21 I Am Black, and I Am Enough!    22 How Real Love Feels Like    23 The COVID-19 Pandemic of Color    24 Love Is All That We Need    25 Raising Queer Teens    26 Cancer Sucks!    27 The Death of the Nation    28 When Love Is Gone    29 The Fear of Death    30 How to Spot a Psychopath    31 You’re a Beautiful Wave    32 On Co-Parenting    33 The Depressed    34 Discovering African Spirituality    35 On Forgiveness    36 Living in the Future    37 In Honor of Our Black Ancestors    38 The Beauty in Solitude    PART 2  39 Where Is the God for Black People?    40 Black Exodus    41 Open Letter to Our Ancestors    42 Only the Truth Will Set US Free    43 Involuntary Exile    44 The Day of Revolt    45 Bloody Day    46 God, Where Are You?    47 The Black Child    48 Dear Black Women    49 African Goddess    50 Life as a Circle    51 Black Youth    52 I Have Another Dream    53 Light in Hope    54 Fighting for Humanity    55 Dark Night in the Heart of a Coup    56 The Danger of Words    57 You Are My Redemption    58 Dear White Americans: An Open Letter    Afterword: A Long and Immense Cry That Rips the Air!   Gina Thésée","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210854130007,"sku":"9789004525450","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-it-feels-to-be-black-in-the-usa-poetic-narratives-for-racial-equity-equality-healing-and-freedom-9789004525450","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}