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In this biting, lyrical memoir, Camara Lundestad Joof, born in BodØ to Norwegian and Gambian parents, shares her experiences as a queer Black Norwegian woman. Joof's daily encounters belie the myth of a colorblind contemporary Scandinavia. She wrestles with the fickle palimpsest of memory, demanding communion with her readers even as she recognizes her own exhaustion in the face of constantly being asked to educate others about racism.
"I regularly decide to quit talking to white people about racism," writes Joof. Discussions with white people about racism often feel unproductive, the occasional spark of hope coming at enormous personal cost. But not talking about it is impossible, a betrayal of self. The book is a self-examination as well as societal indictment. It is an open challenge to readers, to hear her as she talks about it, all the time.
Contents
Introduction: Let's Talk about Race
Monica L. Miller and Nana Osei-Kofi
Dear Brother
Quitting
What's in a Name?
Friend First
National Costume I
A Less Significant Event
Whiteness
Quid Pro Quo
Pavlov's Bicycle
Going Out
Brownness for Sale
The Stupidity of Youth
Stockholm—Oslo—Copenhagen
Stop
Mass Effect
African Time
Pillow Talk
Low-Frequency Feelings
A Little Man
Playing the Victim
Cultural Capital
Traveling by Plane
Traveling by Train
The Arts and Culture Center for Nynorsk
Tequila
Blabbermouth
Gratitude
Youth, First
New Sweater
Loop
He Hit First
The Rope
Mania
Source Critique
Mom's Memory
Red
Apolitical
Someone Else's Brother
You're on the Wrong Train, Sir
Avalanche
National Costume II
Mom Is a Superhero
Your Silence Will Not Save You
Epilogue
Translator's Note and Acknowledgments
Olivia Noble Gunn
