I Take My Coffee Black
by Merritt, Tyler
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- ISBN 10
- 1546029419
- ISBN 13
- 9781546029410
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Tyler Merritt is an actor, musician, comedian, and activist behind The Tyler Merritt Project Raised in Las Vegas he has always had a passion for bringing laughter, grace, and love into any community that he is able to be a part of For over twenty years now he has spoken to audiences ranging from elementary school students to nursing home seniors His television credits include ABC's Kevin Probably Saves The World, Netflix's Messiah, Netflix's Outer Banks, Disney/Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Apple TV's upcoming series Swagger Tyler's viral videos "Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black" have been viewed by over 60 million people worldwide with "Before You Call The Cops" being voted the number one most powerful video of 2020 by NowThis Politics He is a Cancer survivor who lives in Nashville, Tennessee
In this powerful memoir, the creator of the viral videos "Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black", Tyler Merritt, shares his experiences as a Black man in America with truth, humor, and poignancy
Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times The viral video's main point—the more you know someone, the more empathy, understanding, and compassion you have for that person—is the springboard for this book By sharing his highs and exposing his lows, Tyler welcomes us into his world in order to help bridge the divides that seem to grow wider every day
In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America He talks about growing up in a multi-cultural community and realizing that he wasn't always welcome, how he quit sports for musical theater (that's where the girls were) to how Jesus barged in uninvited and changed his life forever (it all started with a Triple FAT Goose jacket) to how he ended up at a small Bible college in Santa Cruz because he thought they had a great theater program (they didn't) Throughout his stories, he also seamlessly weaves in lessons about privilege, the legacy of lynching and sharecropping and why you don't cross black mamas He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- I Take My Coffee Black
- Author
- Merritt, Tyler
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1546029419
- ISBN 13
- 9781546029410
- Publisher
- Worthy Books
- Date Published
- 2023
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