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Feb 09, 2012jbetzzall rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Toure's aim seems to be to broaden the definition of Blackness to include many who don't fit the media stereotypes of victims, gangsters and whores. He interviewed more than 150 people, many of them artists who participated in a "post blackness" art show in New York, and reports a variety of interesting perspectives. As a non-Black person I learned a great deal from this book, especially how high-achieving Black people are countering the stereotypes and finding a higher degree of acceptance than in the past. To be sure, he documents how racism has transmogrified and become more subtle, but this is ultimately a message of liberation.