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Personal
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Foreword:
In The Face Of Silence xi I.
Close To Home Brotherly
Love 3 How
To Survive Shopping With Mom 8 A
Shortcut To Independence 12 My
Father: I Want To Be Everything He's Not 17 Saying
Goodbye To Uncle Nick 22 Dad's
Home Cooking 28 Home
Is Where The Hurt Is 33 II.
Where I'm From The
Crew From The Parking Lot 43 At
Home In Coney Island 47 Antigua:
Almost Paradise 51 Chinese
In New York, American In Beijing 54 A
"Nice" Neighborhood…Where Nobody Knows My Name 59 Revenge
In The Hood: A Deadly Game 63 III.
It's Not Black And White I
Ain't Got No Culture 71 Yo,
Hollywood! Where Are The Latinos At? 74 Color
Me Different 78 The
"N" Word: It Just Slips Out 83 My
Lebanese Passport 87 Asian
By Association 89 My
Journey Home 94 IV.
HE SAID, SHE SAID Single
and Lovin' It 103 Dream
Girl 106 Tired
of Being A Target 110 A
Girl Takes Control 114 I
Hated Myself 116 What
Would You Do If I Was Gay? 126 My
First Love: Too Much, Too Soon 129 V.
Becoming Who I Am Becoming
A Vegetarian: A Matter Of Taste 137 A
Designer Addiction 141 A
Rap Fan's Alternative 145 Moving
Into The Mainstream 152 Climbing
The Golden Arches 156 Growing
Into Fatherhood 160 My
Road Doesn't Lead To College 165 Dorm
Life Is Heaven 169 VI.
SpeakOut On Writing Mohamad
Bazzi, Zeena Bhattacharya Subject Guide To Essays 183 Index To Essays By Form 189 Acknowledgments 192 About Youth Communication 195 About The Editors 199 |
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