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The Resource Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason

Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason

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"'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life...' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was straddling two worlds. The first, a cocoon of familiarity where street smarts, toughness and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar, with its own set of rules not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed and wore her hair. After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the mega-casinos while finishing school. Having figured out the college application process by eavesdropping on the few white kids in her predominantly Black and Latino school, along with the help of a high school counselor, Mason eventually boarded a plane for Howard University, alone, with $200 in her pocket. While reflecting on her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many--that the poor don't help themselves enough"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Contents
  • What do you want to be?
  • Day of reckoning
  • A crack in the foundation
  • Origins
  • The end of things
  • Starved
  • Putting out the fire
  • Free today
  • A home of our own
  • Only one rule
  • 54 out of 54
  • Death is here
  • Wedding day
  • Home street
  • Seeing with only these eyes
  • Away
  • Not poor, poor
  • Sonnie's got a baby
  • Cell block high
  • A place called home
  • A light
  • Food for all
  • New mission
  • Gone
  • In the desert
  • Brighter
  • Little brother
  • Accepted
  • Graduation
  • I'll fly away
  • What should be done?
Isbn
9781250069924
Instance
Label
Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America
Title
Born bright
Title remainder
a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America
Statement of responsibility
C. Nicole Mason
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life...' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was straddling two worlds. The first, a cocoon of familiarity where street smarts, toughness and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar, with its own set of rules not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed and wore her hair. After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the mega-casinos while finishing school. Having figured out the college application process by eavesdropping on the few white kids in her predominantly Black and Latino school, along with the help of a high school counselor, Mason eventually boarded a plane for Howard University, alone, with $200 in her pocket. While reflecting on her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many--that the poor don't help themselves enough"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1976-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Mason, C. Nicole
Dewey number
  • 305.48/8960730092
  • B
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Mason, C. Nicole
  • Mason, C. Nicole
  • African American women
  • African Americans
  • African American women educators
  • Gifted women
  • Successful people
  • Poor children
  • Homeless persons
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Label
Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What do you want to be? -- Day of reckoning -- A crack in the foundation -- Origins -- The end of things -- Starved -- Putting out the fire -- Free today -- A home of our own -- Only one rule -- 54 out of 54 -- Death is here -- Wedding day -- Home street -- Seeing with only these eyes -- Away -- Not poor, poor -- Sonnie's got a baby -- Cell block high -- A place called home -- A light -- Food for all -- New mission -- Gone -- In the desert -- Brighter -- Little brother -- Accepted -- Graduation -- I'll fly away -- What should be done?
Control code
ocn951465239
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Isbn
9781250069924
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2016003704
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 1227009
  • (Sirsi) o951465239
  • (OCoLC)951465239
Label
Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What do you want to be? -- Day of reckoning -- A crack in the foundation -- Origins -- The end of things -- Starved -- Putting out the fire -- Free today -- A home of our own -- Only one rule -- 54 out of 54 -- Death is here -- Wedding day -- Home street -- Seeing with only these eyes -- Away -- Not poor, poor -- Sonnie's got a baby -- Cell block high -- A place called home -- A light -- Food for all -- New mission -- Gone -- In the desert -- Brighter -- Little brother -- Accepted -- Graduation -- I'll fly away -- What should be done?
Control code
ocn951465239
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Isbn
9781250069924
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2016003704
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 1227009
  • (Sirsi) o951465239
  • (OCoLC)951465239

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