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The Resource They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up, Eternity Martis

They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up, Eternity Martis

Label
They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up
Title
They said this would be fun
Title remainder
race, campus life, and growing up
Statement of responsibility
Eternity Martis
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
From award-winning journalist Eternity Martis, a look at race and gender on campuses, and a personal tale of struggle and survival. Eternity Martis thought going away to university would help her discover who she really is--to escape her abusive boyfriend, her nerdy reputation, her coddled life with her doting Pakistani grandparents and rebellious mother, and her complicated feelings towards her absent Jamaican father. When she heads out to the predominantly white college town of London, Ontario, Eternity discovers an entitled culture of racism and sexism. As her boyfriend becomes increasingly violent, Eternity navigates her first parties, her father's continued attempts at a relationship, the revelation that she has several half-siblings she's never heard anything about, and the growing complexity of her friendships. What follows is a memoir of struggle about the difficulty of navigating through white spaces as a young woman of colour. And humour: a grown woman bouncing out the window of an inflatable castle after too much vodka, drugstore cashiers who announce a price check for your pregnancy test for the whole store to hear, extreme growing pains. But most of all, it's a story of perseverance and discovery. As more and more classmates of colour feel driven out of the university, Eternity decides to stay, and in doing so finds a group of likeminded women to support her through discovering who she is in a place that tries to tear her down. What we're left with is a portrait of the work students of colour must do to fight for themselves in spaces where they are supposed to be safe to learn and grow
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
NLC
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Martis, Eternity
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Martis, Eternity
  • Martis, Eternity
  • Discrimination in higher education
  • Blacks
  • Women, Black
  • Students, Black
  • Students, Black
  • Minorities
Target audience
adult
Label
They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up, Eternity Martis
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Publication
Control code
on1111089425
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Hardcover edition.
Extent
244 pages
Isbn
9780771062186
Label
They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up, Eternity Martis
Publication
Control code
on1111089425
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Hardcover edition.
Extent
244 pages
Isbn
9780771062186

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