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Tag Archives: race
An UnderratedRead Revisited: Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I wanted to stop hiding. I wanted to tell them that I was queer. Queer sexually, queer religiously, queer by caste, and queer countried.” Rajiv Mohabir never felt that he belonged. As a resident of Central … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged class, culture, Guyanese, immigrants, immigration, India, LGBTQ, political activism, race, sexuality
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An UnderratedRead Revisited:Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement – Frederick Douglass Reynolds
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Each person in life faces many crossroads. From the day we’re born, to the day we die, we are faced with decisions. Each choice can influence our life’s journey. Which direction we take has an … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged autobiography, corruption, drugs, police, race
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: New People – Danzy Senna
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “The poet is not a New Person…He doesn’t have mud-toned dreadlocks or octoroon gray eyes or butterscotch skin. …He has the body, the skin, the face that cabdrivers pretend not to see, that jewelers in … Continue reading
Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement – Frederick Douglass Reynolds
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Each person in life faces many crossroads. From the day we’re born, to the day we die, we are faced with decisions. Each choice can influence our life’s journey. Which direction we take has an … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs
Tagged autobiography, corruption, drugs, police, race
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An UnderratedRead Revisited:My Monticello – Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “My whole life, it seems, there’s been a revival of hatred and violence toward people who look like me. Waves of men have surged into our town from all over the state, the country.” This … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, family, gender, multiculture, race, race relations, racism, society
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The Underbelly (Outspoken Authors Book 3)- Gary Phillips
(reviewed by JD Jung) Mulgrew Magrady, an often-times homeless Viet Nam veteran is trying to get his life back on track. Though he is eight months sober, he is still suffering from his earlier impulsive actions. He abandoned responsibility for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Noir-esque fiction
Tagged addiction, class, crime fiction, gentrification, Los Angeles, race, social justice
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