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The talk

Bell, Darrin (author,, artist.).

Summary: This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that - to paraphrase Toni Morrison - does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic water gun. "She told me I'm a lot more likely to be shot by police than my friend was if they saw me with it, because police tend to think little Black boys - even light-skinned ones - are older than they really are, and less innocent than they really are." Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. Through evocative original illustrations, this book is a meditation on this coming-of-age-as Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans like Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, and showcasing his award-winning cartoons along the way, Bell takes us up to the very moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - and when he must have "the talk" with a six-year-old son of his own. --

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250805140
  • ISBN: 1250805147
  • ISBN: 9781250805157
  • Physical Description: print
    1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: Indelible -- The talk -- Big lips -- Scenes -- All the way down -- Dare -- The first video -- Knives out -- One of the good ones -- Starlight -- Anything -- Shadows -- The fundamental medium -- Florida, Florida, Florida -- Flying away -- Peripeteia -- We did it -- If I had a son -- Open season -- Something's broken -- Eight forty-six -- The talk -- Epilogue: The cards we're dealt.
Subject: Bell, Darrin
African American boys Comic books, strips, etc
African American children Social conditions Comic books, strips, etc
African American youth Conduct of life Comic books, strips, etc
Racism United States Comic books, strips, etc
Discrimination in law enforcement Comic books, strips, etc
Police brutality United States Comic books, strips, etc
African American boys Juvenile literature
African American children Social conditions Juvenile literature
Racism United States Juvenile literature
Discrimination in law enforcement Juvenile literature
Police brutality United States Juvenile literature
Race relations Comic books, strips, etc
Coming of age Comic books, strips, etc
Child rearing United States Comic books, strips, etc
Parent and child United States Comic books, strips, etc
African Americans
Violence
Child rearing
Children
Parent and child
Black or African American
Racism
Violence
Child Rearing
Parent-Child Relations
Child
Adolescent
Law Enforcement
Police
Garçons noirs américains Bandes dessinées
Enfants noirs américains Conditions sociales Bandes dessinées
Jeunesse noire américaine Morale pratique Bandes dessinées
Racisme États-Unis Bandes dessinées
Discrimination dans l'application des lois Bandes dessinées
Brutalités policières États-Unis Bandes dessinées
Garçons noirs américains Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Enfants noirs américains Conditions sociales Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Racisme États-Unis Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Discrimination dans l'application des lois Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Brutalités policières États-Unis Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Passage à l'âge adulte Bandes dessinées
Éducation des enfants États-Unis Bandes dessinées
Parents et enfants États-Unis Bandes dessinées
Noirs américains
Violence
Éducation des enfants
Parents et enfants
Enfants
African American
violence
children (people by age group)
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
African American boys
African American children Social conditions
African American youth Conduct of life
Child rearing
Coming of age
Discrimination in law enforcement
Parent and child
Police brutality
Race relations
Racism
United States
United States
Genre: Graphic novels.
Graphic Novel.
Personal Narrative.
graphic novels.
Social issue comics.
Juvenile works.
Graphic novels.
Coming-of-age comics.
Autobiographical comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Social issue comics.
Coming-of-age comics.
Autobiographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Personal narratives.
Romans graphiques.
Récits personnels.
Bandes dessinées sociales.
Bandes dessinées d'éducation.
Bandes dessinées autobiographiques.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library YAGN BEL (Text) 000172300 Display -- Lit Lineup Checked out 04/30/2024


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