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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
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Author(s): Passmore, Ben
ISBN No.: 9781945509032
Pages: 11
Year: 201612
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 7.00
Status: Out Of Print

"Ben Passmore's slim, 11-page mini-comic is an open letter, written in the second person, consisting of a litany of gentle admonitions for well-meaning but racially tone-deaf white people: "Your black friend hates that you slide into 'black' presentations thoughtlessly. He feels like you're mocking him, but knows that you are totally unaware of this . Your black friend wishes you would play more than Beyonce. There are more black performers than Beyonce and he's worried you don't know that." That last sentiment is matched to a panel in which a clueless white guy sings along to "Formation," while his black friend shoots a hilariously weary side-eye at the reader. Your Black Friend is by far the shortest comic to make this list, but there is nothing slight about it. Beneath its sardonic tone lies a truth that is urgent, sincere and deeply affecting." -- NPR ("Let's Get Graphic: 100 Favorite Comics And Graphic Novels" / July 12, 2017).



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