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1009640 No.1009640 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/,

what are some recommended reads on African american culture? And I do mean fiction, not some sociology textbooks.

I've read A raisin in the sun but didn't like it that much.

>> No.1009642

50 cent: da biography

>> No.1009643

Why is Samuel L. Jackson in the sun?

>> No.1009647

The Invisible Man.

>> No.1009658

>>1009640
If you're serious Song of Solemon or Their eyes were watching God but I don't suggest them just because most African books suck and just drag out slave issues blah blah blah

>> No.1009663

>>1009658

Of course they talk about slavery, dipshit, it was probably the most significant part of their history on this country.

>derp American textbooks drag out the Revolutionary war WAY too much

>> No.1009667

>>1009658
These seem to be nice suggestions, thanks.

And, as >>1009663 has pointed out so eloquently, a focus on slavery is to be expected when dealing with literature of/about a culture that has such a recent history of it.

>> No.1009679

Raisin in the sun is such a terrible book. Sorry for your loss, OP.

>> No.1009755

Slapboxing with Jesus. A book of short stories which, if I remember correctly, are set in the inner-city.

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>> No.1011402

Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Do it.