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My time to speak : reclaiming ancestry and confronting race / Ilia Calderón.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: xi, 259 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982103859
  • 198210385X
Other title:
  • Reclaiming ancestry and confronting race
Uniform titles:
  • Es mi turno. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: Eyes of hate -- Kerosene in our souls -- This is how we dance in El Chocó -- Coffee, roots, and blood -- Black horse -- Rebel -- The perfect tone -- This audition is not for you -- The first time, the first one -- Not this audition either -- My new minority -- A new challenge with an impact -- Love isn't blind -- Returning to where I've never been: Welcome home! -- One hundred percent Ana -- The day I blew up -- What offends sells -- the first, but not the only one -- Silences that heal and silences that kill -- The high price of silence -- Until the last breath -- Inconvenient caravans -- Law-abiding silences -- The last word -- Returning to kerosene -- Epilogue: American girl -- Letter to Anna.
Summary: "An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: In Chocó, Colombia, the Afro-Latino province where Calderón grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Attending high school and college in Medellín, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom. Presented her the opportunity of a lifetime at Telemundo in Miami, she was excited to start a new life, and identity, in the United States, where racial boundaries, she believed, had long since dissolved and equality was the rule. Here she discusses building a new identity in the United States in the midst of racially charged violence and political polarization while overcoming fear and confronting hate head on. -- adapted from jacket
List(s) this item appears in: Hispanic Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography CALDERON I. C146 Available 33111010382345
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón--the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States--about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity.

As a child, Ilia Calderón felt like a typical girl from Colombia. In Chocó, the Afro-Latino province where she grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Race was a non-issue, and Ilia didn't think much about it--until she left her community to attend high school and college in Medellín. For the first time, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom.

From that point on, she resolved to become "deaf" to racism, determined to overcome it in every way she could, even when she was told time and time again that prominent castings weren't "for people like you." When a twist of fate presented her the opportunity of a lifetime at Telemundo in Miami, she was excited to start a new life, and identity, in the United States, where racial boundaries, she believed, had long since dissolved and equality was the rule.

Instead, in her new life as an American, she faced a new type of racial discrimination, as an immigrant women of color speaking to the increasingly marginalized Latinx community in Spanish.

Now, Ilia draws back the curtain on the ups and downs of her remarkable life and career. From personal inner struggles to professional issues--such as being directly threatened by a Ku Klux Klan member after an interview--she discusses how she built a new identity in the United States in the midst of racially charged violence and political polarization. Along the way, she'll show how she's overcome fear and confronted hate head on, and the inspirational philosophy that has always propelled her forward.

"An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Prologue: Eyes of hate -- Kerosene in our souls -- This is how we dance in El Chocó -- Coffee, roots, and blood -- Black horse -- Rebel -- The perfect tone -- This audition is not for you -- The first time, the first one -- Not this audition either -- My new minority -- A new challenge with an impact -- Love isn't blind -- Returning to where I've never been: Welcome home! -- One hundred percent Ana -- The day I blew up -- What offends sells -- the first, but not the only one -- Silences that heal and silences that kill -- The high price of silence -- Until the last breath -- Inconvenient caravans -- Law-abiding silences -- The last word -- Returning to kerosene -- Epilogue: American girl -- Letter to Anna.

In Chocó, Colombia, the Afro-Latino province where Calderón grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Attending high school and college in Medellín, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom. Presented her the opportunity of a lifetime at Telemundo in Miami, she was excited to start a new life, and identity, in the United States, where racial boundaries, she believed, had long since dissolved and equality was the rule. Here she discusses building a new identity in the United States in the midst of racially charged violence and political polarization while overcoming fear and confronting hate head on. -- adapted from jacket

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