In this biting, lyrical memoir, Camara Lundestad Joof, born in Bodø to Norwegian and Gambian parents, shares her experiences as a queer Black Norwegian woman. Joof’s daily encounters belie the myth of a colorblind contemporary Scandinavia. She wrestles with the fickle palimpsest of memory, demanding communion with her readers even as she recognizes her own exhaustion in the face of constantly being asked to educate others.
“I regularly decide to quit talking to white people about racism,” writes Joof. Such discussions often feel unproductive, the occasional spark of hope coming at enormous personal cost. But not talking about it is impossible, a betrayal of self. The book is a self-examination as well as societal indictment. It is an open challenge to readers, tohearher as she talks about it, all the time.Introduction: Let’s Talk about Race Monica L. Miller and Nana Osei-Kofi
Dear Brother Quitting What’s in a Name? Friend First National Costume I A Less Significant Event Whiteness Quid Pro Quo Pavlov’s Bicycle Going Out Brownness for Sale The Stupidity of Youth Stockholm—Oslo—Copenhagen Stop Mass Effect African Time Pillow Talk Low-Frequency Feelings A Little Man Playing the Victim Cultural Capital Traveling by Plane Traveling by Train The Arts and Culture Center for Nynorsk Tequila Blabbermouth Gratitude Youth, First New Sweater Loop He Hit First The Rope Mania Source Critique Mom’s Memory Red Apolitical Someone Else’s Brother You’re on the Wrong Train, Sir Avalanche National Costume II Mom Is a Superhero Your Silence Will Not Save You Epilogue
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