Excerpts from the book of Colson Whitehead Elwood was twelve when the encyclopedias appeared. One of the busboys dragged a stack of boxes into the kitchen and called for a powwow. Elwood squeezed in—it was a set of encyclopedias that a traveling salesman had left behind in one of the rooms upstairs. Elwood made his bid. …
Maand: oktober 2023
Born A Crime
Excerpts from the book of Trevor Noah The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. Like indigenous peoples around the world, black South Africans adopted the religion of our colonizers. By “adopt” I mean it was forced on us. The white man was quite stern with the …