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Little X: Growing Up In The Nation Of Islam
?Instead of writing a bitter condemnation of the Nation of Islam, Tate has adroitlydescribed its purpose as well as its shortcomings.? ?USA Today?A temperate and sympathetic treatment of an African-American family?s religious evolution.??Publishers Weekly?A compelling story. It provides an honest, inside view of one of America?s most controversial religious movements and p...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
January 3rd 2005
by Univ Tennessee Press
(first published 1997)
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In terms of story and prose, it's rambling, sometimes repetitive, and occasionally confusing with a huge cast of characters hard to keep straight and a long timeline that even though it's linear seems to not tell a linear story. Yet, despite its flaws, this is still an interesting look into a unique subculture of America at a time it transitioned from its founding separatist principles to a more inclusive interfaith one. There's enough of the mechanics of life under the Nation to get a sense of...more
If you're curious how it is to grow up in a homegrown religion that is drastic departure from every other child on your block, this is a great read. Sonsyrea delves gently into the mind of a child in the Nation.
Had to read it for a class, but overall it was a pretty interesting look at the Nation of Islam.
AMAZING BOOK!!
Interesting book.
An excellent peek into the world of a girl who grew up in the Nation of Islam. Besides questioning the organization's quirky and often hypocritical "rules", the book also documents the social and familial conflicts faced by low-income African Americans during the 1960s and '70s.
Not the most beautiful prose I've ever read, but I learned a lot from this book about one woman's experiences with the Nation of Islam.
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