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Author Ruffin, Amber, author.

Title You'll never believe what happened to Lacey : crazy stories about racism / Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2021.
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  305.896 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  818.602 RUF    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  818.602 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Display shelf  818.602 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  818.602 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  818.605 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.896 RUFFIN, AMBER    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  305.896 RUFFIN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.896 RUF    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Preface -- Why? Why would a person do this? -- About the authors -- Intro -- I got a million of 'em -- I find this hard to believe -- Is this a joke? -- I do not care for these stories -- Let's take a break and have some more silly stories -- White church : the worst place on earth -- Amber ruins the book -- I want to put this book down and run away from it -- There's nothing I can say to you to make you believe these stories, but here they are anyway.
Summary Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism. Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black Friend and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark raving normal." But Amber's sister Lacey? She's still living in their home state of Nebraska, and trust us, you'll never believe what happened to Lacey. From racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair, from being mistaken for a prostitute to being mistaken for Harriet Tubman, Lacey is a lightning rod for hilariously ridiculous yet all-too-real anecdotes. She's the perfect mix of polite, beautiful, petite, and Black that apparently makes people think "I can say whatever I want to this woman." And now, Amber and Lacey share these entertainingly horrifying stories through their laugh-out-loud sisterly banter. Painfully relatable or shockingly eye-opening (depending on how often you have personally been followed by security at department stores), this book tackles modern-day racism with the perfect balance of levity and gravity.
Subject United States -- Race relations -- Humor.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Humor.
African American wit and humor.
Racism -- Anecdotes.
Ruffin, Amber.
Lamar, Lacey.
HUMOR / Form / Essays.
HUMOR / Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations.
Genre/Form Humor.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Added Author Lamar, Lacey, author.
Added Title You will never believe what happened to Lacey
ISBN 9781538719367 (hardcover)
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9781538719343 (eBook)
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