| Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist |  | Author: Baye McNeil
Category: eBooks
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Sales Rank: 163,724
Format: Kindle eBook
Language: English (Published)
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Pages: 394
Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B006Y11TXG
Publication Date: January 15, 2012
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Product Description
Born to Love — Taught to Loathe
In this powerful and controversial debut book, influential blogger and critical thinker Baye McNeil (a.k.a. Loco) vividly illustrates with unflinching introspection and candor, the birth and evolution of a racist, and in doing so makes the persuasive argument that the only way to cure this social virus is by first engaging one’s own susceptibility. Loco takes us on a scintillating journey from the streets of Brooklyn, where a child’s first playground was the frontlines of the Black Nationalist movement of the 70s, to a period of black militancy, military service, interracial romance and corporate bigotry in the 80s and 90s. Following the earth-shattering events of 9/11/2001, Loco retreats to Japan where he learns that old adage— you can’t hide from yourself— the hard way. He finds the woman he was made to love; only she’s a member of a race he has come to despise! In the name of this love, Loco confronts this dark stowaway with deep roots even as the world is literally falling apart around him, in the form of the Tohoku disaster of 3/11/2011.
A book that is both a memoir and an impassioned call to arms, Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist tells us in no uncertain terms that while racism continues to be demonized as a dark aberration that only “evil people,” ignorant fools, or people lacking compassion and common decency are subject to, then it will remain at large – hiding in plain sight, in our schools, offices, carpools, living rooms and sometimes even in the mirror.
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