{"product_id":"a-member-of-the-club-reflections-on-life-in-a-racially-polarized-world-9780060984304","title":"A Member of the Club: Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eMember of the Club\u003c\/em\u003e. [Graham writes of] heartbreaking ironies and contradictions, indignities and betrayals in the life of an upper-class black man.\" --\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed 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, \u003cem\u003eMember of the Club\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e cover stories \u003cem\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarlem on My Mind\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lawrence Graham surely knows about the pressures of being beholden to two very different groups.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Otis Graham is a popular commentator on race and ethnicity. The author of ten other books, his work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e The Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraham, Lawrence Otis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThe author of fourteen books, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eOur Kind of People\u003c\/em\u003e, and a contributing editor for \u003cem\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, Lawrence Otis Graham's work has also appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317861388562,"sku":"9780060984304","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebe5acc6-21f1-43f7-b0f2-4908c85fee5a.jpg?v=1727541586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-member-of-the-club-reflections-on-life-in-a-racially-polarized-world-9780060984304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}