Posted on Feb 2, 2023
'Black on Black' celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension
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Black on Black is not an easy read. Black's voice is strong, informed, angry, and relentless — and that infuses his essays with the power to affect readers. Whether Black is discussing racism, the crooked justice system that leads to things like the Central Park Five case (also known as the Central Park jogger case), the public education system and its impact on HBCUS (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), or how different generations of gay Black men learned to navigate AIDS, Black's writing carries the kind of righteous anger — and more than enough facts — to elicit a response in most readers with a pulse. Hopefully, that response leads to change.
Black on Black is not an easy read. Black's voice is strong, informed, angry, and relentless — and that infuses his essays with the power to affect readers. Whether Black is discussing racism, the crooked justice system that leads to things like the Central Park Five case (also known as the Central Park jogger case), the public education system and its impact on HBCUS (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), or how different generations of gay Black men learned to navigate AIDS, Black's writing carries the kind of righteous anger — and more than enough facts — to elicit a response in most readers with a pulse. Hopefully, that response leads to change.
'Black on Black' celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."In an essay that presents a celebration/critique of Black churches and they way they follow the same set of believes that enslavers followed, Black mentions outstanding contemporary African American writers Kiese Laymon, Jesmyn Ward, and Jericho Brown and then states: "The black pen never fails to produce spirit-filled work that, if black people read and heed, would set them free." Black on Black adds Black's name to that list, and that makes it an important, relevant work of nonfiction that should be required reading in these troubled times.
..."In an essay that presents a celebration/critique of Black churches and they way they follow the same set of believes that enslavers followed, Black mentions outstanding contemporary African American writers Kiese Laymon, Jesmyn Ward, and Jericho Brown and then states: "The black pen never fails to produce spirit-filled work that, if black people read and heed, would set them free." Black on Black adds Black's name to that list, and that makes it an important, relevant work of nonfiction that should be required reading in these troubled times.
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