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Damon Young
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Pittsburgh, PA, The United States
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“It’s just too fucking much to always have to be angry and alert. To always have to be ready and willing to challenge whiteness. To always have a perfectly pithy tweet or a thousand-word screed ready in response to the next Trayvon Martin, the newest Sandra Bland, and the latest Eric Garner, and to feel all the same feelings again. And again. And again. I just wanted a fucking break.”
― What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
― What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
“I was Pittsburgh Young, Black, and Successful. Pittsburgh Young, Black, and Successful meant Friday evenings downstairs at Savoy in the Strip District, and perhaps a table upstairs if it was your birthday. It meant Alpha and Que boat rides, NEED Scholarship dinners, and Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards galas. It meant a stint on the Urban League Young Professionals executive board. It meant brunches at the LeMont on Mother’s Day and the Grand Concourse when you wanted to stunt. It meant frequent pictures in the Post-Gazette and the City Paper”
― What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
― What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
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