{"product_id":"black-boys-like-me-confrontations-with-race-identity-and-belonging-hardcover","title":"Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew R. Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER*\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Boys Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e ignited parts of me I honestly didn't believe any book could ever know. . . . Seldom do incredibly titled books earn their titles. Matthew R. Morris earns this classic title with a classic book about our insides.\" --Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStartlingly honest, bracing personal essays from a perceptive educator that bring us into the world of Black masculinity, hip-hop culture, and learning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is an examination of the parts that construct my Black character; from how public schooling shapes our ideas about ourselves to how hip-hop and sports are simultaneously the conduit for both Black abundance and Black boundaries. This book is a meditation on the influences that have shaped Black boys like me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean to be a young Black man with an immigrant father and a white mother, teaching in a school system that historically has held an exclusionary definition of success? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn eight illuminating essays, Matthew R. Morris grapples with this question, and others related to identity and perception. After graduating high school in Scarborough, Morris spent four years in the U.S. on multiple football scholarships and, having spent that time in the States experiencing \"the Mecca of hip hop and Black culture,\" returned home with a newfound perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow an elementary school teacher himself in Toronto, Morris explores the tension between his consumption of Black culture as a child, his teenage performances of the ideas and values of the culture that often \u003ci\u003ebetrayed\u003c\/i\u003e his identity, and the ways society and the people guiding him--his parents, coaches, and teachers--received those performances. What emerges is a painful journey toward transcending performance altogether, toward true knowledge of the self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the wide-reaching scope of Desmond Cole's \u003ci\u003eThe Skin We're In\u003c\/i\u003e and the introspective snapshot of life in \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me \u003c\/i\u003eby Ta-Nehisi Coates, \u003ci\u003eBlack Boys Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching debut that invites readers to create braver spaces and engage in crucial conversations around race and belonging.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMATTHEW R. MORRIS is an educator, anti-racism advocate, and writer based out of Toronto. He earned a BA (Hons) and an MA in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto. In addition to teaching, his work and public speaking on the deconstruction of Black masculinity, hip-hop culture, and schooling has taken him across North America to consult on and learn about the challenges facing students and educators in the current education system. He has written articles for TVO, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, ETFO Voice, and \u003ci\u003eEducation Canada\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Morris is a TEDx speaker and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToronto Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and on CBC Radio and CityNews Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764835418400,"sku":"9780735244580","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db28854357abc104720837ac04f8971b.webp?v=1780256101","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-boys-like-me-confrontations-with-race-identity-and-belonging-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}