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You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism

Current price: $40.00
Publication Date: January 12th, 2021
Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN:
9781549162428
Pages:
0

I didn’t think it was possible to combine education and humor so effectively in a book about racism, but Ruffin and Lamar proved me wrong. This incredibly well-structured, digestible, challenging, and engaging book opened my eyes to the many ways racism can permeate every interaction in Black people’s lives. The way the sisters play off each other and how Ruffin reflects on Lamar’s experience in contrast to her own make the book especially accessible. A must-read!

Emily Autenrieth, A Seat at the Table Books, Elk Grove, CA
January 2021 Indie Next List

That Amber and Lacey maintain their sense of humor in the face of overt and damaging racism is a miracle. One can read this book and get a few laughs, but let’s hope the reader has those laughs accompanied with some thoughtful introspection.

Camille Kovach, Completely Booked, Murrysville, PA
Fall 2022 Indie Next List for Reading Groups

Description

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 is 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.