You'll never believe what happened to Lacey : crazy stories about racism

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Label

You'll never believe what happened to Lacey : crazy stories about racism

Title remainder

crazy stories about racism

Statement of responsibility

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

Title variation

You will never believe what happened to Lacey

Creator

• Ruffin, Amber

Contributor

• Lamar, Lacey

Author

• Ruffin, Amber
• Lamar, Lacey

Subject

• Biographies
• Humor
• Lamar, Lacey
• Racism -- Anecdotes
• Ruffin, Amber
• United States -- Race relations -- Humor
• African American wit and humor
• African Americans -- Social conditions -- Humor
• Anecdotes

Genre

• Anecdotes
• Humor
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

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? She's 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

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

TOH

Dewey number

305.896/073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HT1521

LC item number

.R84 2021

Literary form

non fiction