Honky
by Dalton Conley
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"This memoir is the coming-of-age story of a white boy growing up in a neighborhood of predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York's Lower East Side. Vividly evoking the details of city life from a child's point of view - the streets, buses, and playgrounds - Honky illuminates the usual vulnerabilities of childhood complicated by unusual circumstances. As he narrates these sharply etched and often funny memories, Conley shows how race and class shaped his life and the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. A case study for illuminating the larger issues of inequality in American society, Honky brings us to a deeper understanding of the privilege of whiteness, the social construction of race, the power of education, and the challenges of inner-city life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Children, White, Race identity, Whites, African American children, Social classes, Hispanic American children, Race awareness in children, Biography, Social conditions, White Children, History, African americans, Sociology, urban, Hispanic americans, New york (n.y.), biography, Social classes, united states, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Children, united states, White people, Enfants blancs, Conditions sociales, Personnes blanches, Biographies, Enfants noirs américains, Enfants américains d'origine latino-américaine, Conscience de race chez l'enfant, Classes sociales, Histoire, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Social Scientists & Psychologists, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Children's Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, Children, white--social conditions, Children, white--new york (state)--new york--social conditions, Whites--race identity, Whites--new york (state)--new york--race identity, Whites--new york (state)--new york--biography, African american children--social conditions, African american children--new york (state)--new york--social conditions, Hispanic american children--social conditions, Hispanic american children--new york (state)--new york--social conditions, Race awareness in children--new york (state)--new york, Social classes--history, Social classes--new york (state)--new york--history--20th century, Whites--race identity--new york (state)--new york, Hq792.u5 c66 2000, 305.26/09747Places
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February 2002, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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Honky
October 2, 2000, University of California Press
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"As my mother tells it, the week before I kidnapped the black baby I broke free from her in the supermarket, ran to the back of the last aisle, and grabbed the manager's microphone."
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"This memoir is the coming-of-age story of a white boy growing up in a neighborhood of predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York's Lower East Side. Vividly evoking the details of city life from a child's point of view - the streets, buses, and playgrounds - Honky illuminates the usual vulnerabilities of childhood complicated by unusual circumstances. As he narrates these sharply etched and often funny memories, Conley shows how race and class shaped his life and the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. A case study for illuminating the larger issues of inequality in American society, Honky brings us to a deeper understanding of the privilege of whiteness, the social construction of race, the power of education, and the challenges of inner-city life."--BOOK JACKET
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