01950cam a2200277 4500 406154309 TxAuBib 20191227120000.0 181120s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018965036 9781948226264 HRD 25.00 194822626X HRD 25.00 TxAuBib Terry, Chris L. Black card [BOOK] : a novel / Chris L. Terry. New York : Catapult, [2019] 258 pages ; 22 cm. "An uncompromising examination of American identity. In an effort to be "black enough," a mixed-race punk rock musician indulges his own stereotypical views of African American life by doing what his white bandmates call "black stuff." After remaining silent during a racist incident, the unnamed narrator has his Black Card revoked by Lucius, his guide through Richmond, Virginia, where Confederate flags and memorials are a part of everyday life.Determined to win back his Black Card, the narrator sings rap songs at an all-white country music karaoke night, absorbs black pop culture, and attempts to date his black coworker Mona, who is attacked one night. The narrator becomes the prime suspect and earns the attention of John Donahue, a local police officer with a grudge dating back to high school. Forced to face his past, his relationship with his black father and white mother, and the real consequences and dangers of being black in America, the narrator must choose who he is before the world decides for him.". 20191227. African American punk rock musicians Fiction. African Americans Race identity Fiction. Multiracial people Race identity Fiction. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. Satirical literature. Richmond (Va) Fiction.