{"product_id":"a-member-of-the-club-reflections-on-life-in-a-racially-polarized-world-0060984309","title":"A Member of the Club: Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0060984309\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Graham, Lawrence Otis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Member of the Club. [Graham writes of] heartbreaking ironies and contradictions, indignities and betrayals in the life of an upper-class black man.\" --Philadelphia InquirerInformed and driven by his experience as an upper-middle-class African American man who lives and works in a predominately white environment, provocative author Lawrence Otis Graham offers a unique perspective on the subject of race. An uncompromising work that will challenge the mindset of every reader, Member of the Club is a searching book of essays ranging from examining life as a black Princetonian and corporate lawyer to exploring life as a black busboy at an all white country-club. From New York Magazine cover stories Invisible Man and Harlem on My Mind to such new essays as \"I Never Dated a White Girl\" and \"My Dinner with Mister Charlie: A Black Man's Undercover Guide to Dining with Dignity at Ten Top New York Restaurants,\" Graham challenges racial prejudice among white Americans while demanding greater accountability and self-determination from his peers in black America.\"Lawrence Graham surely knows about the pressures of being beholden to two very different groups.\" --Los Angeles TimesLawrence Otis Graham is a popular commentator on race and ethnicity. The author of ten other books, his work has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times and The Best American Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51526318358816,"sku":"NEW0060984309","price":14.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61vgksS2yyL.jpg?v=1777191089","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-member-of-the-club-reflections-on-life-in-a-racially-polarized-world-0060984309","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}