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My time to speak : reclaiming ancestry and confronting race / Ilia Calderón ; [translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas].

Calderón, Ilia, 1972- (author.). Obejas, Achy, 1956- (translator.).

Summary:

In Chocó, Colombia, the Afro-Latino province where Calderón grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Attending high school and college in Medellín, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom. Presented her the opportunity of a lifetime at Telemundo in Miami, she was excited to start a new life, and identity, in the United States, where racial boundaries, she believed, had long since dissolved and equality was the rule. Here she discusses building a new identity in the United States in the midst of racially charged violence and political polarization while overcoming fear and confronting hate head on. -- Aadapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781982103859
ISBN: 198210385X
Physical Description: xi, 259 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Eyes of hate -- Kerosene in our souls -- This is how we dance in El Chocó -- Coffee, roots, and blood -- Black horse -- Rebel -- The perfect tone -- This audition is not for you -- The first time, the first one -- Not this audition either -- My new minority -- A new challenge with an impact -- Love isn't blind -- Returning to where I've never been: Welcome home! -- One hundred percent Ana -- The day I blew up -- What offends sells -- the first, but not the only one -- Silences that heal and silences that kill -- The high price of silence -- Until the last breath -- Inconvenient caravans -- Law-abiding silences -- The last word -- Returning to kerosene -- Epilogue: American girl -- Letter to Anna.