{"product_id":"9780979557064","title":"A Profile in Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young black American male struggles to develop a sense of racial equality in a world \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtrolled by wealthy whites \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular television personality Andre Carter’s latest novel offers a unique perspective on \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoung black American males and the experiences they have that, for better or worse, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshape their attitudes regarding racial acceptance and equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Profile in Black highlights Brandon, a young black man reared in a loving, concerned \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome in which education is prized. Told in the first person from Brandon’s perspective, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe novel explores how, in spite of great advancements in science and technology, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety at large remains stuck in habits and attitudes that thwart genuine racial equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon, whose mother abandoned him when he was an infant, grows up in a single-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparent, two-generation household. His father is a hard-working, intelligent, and socially \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econscious architect, and his paternal grandmother more or less raises him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis “verbally rambunctious” woman perpetually reminds Brandon that while times and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elaws have certainly changed for the better, the habits and attitudes of prejudice, hate, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand racial separation in America will never change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon refuses to accept these opinions until he attends one of the top preparatory high \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschools in the southeast. What he experiences there is a rude awakening and then some, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the attitude he develops hinders his belief in the concept of racial equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon’s subsequent college experiences and introduction to corporate America further \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcentrate his disillusionment and growing outrage regarding what it means to be a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblack man in the United States of America, even in the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarter comments, “I wrote this book based on my experiences in private school and in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecorporate America. What I write about is far from rare, but it’s also not the image the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emedia typically portrays of black American males.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Carter’s efforts, A Profile in Black won the Bronze Medal for Urban Fiction in the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2015 IPPY (Independent Book Publishers) Book Awards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carte, Andre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49972101382384,"sku":"9780979557064","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780979557064_p0.jpg?v=1784251304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780979557064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}