The Way You Make Me Feel Nina Sharma

 A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationshipWhen Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friend€™s Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingston€™s The Woman Warrior , in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him that€™s all too familiar to her. She is immediately intrigued€“who is this man? In The Way You Make Me Feel , Sharma chronicles her and Quincy€™s love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.In a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincy€™s early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white America€“and as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her family€™s disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching The Walking Dead , Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeun€™s character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film Mississippi Masala , revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter.Written with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, The Way You Make Me Feel reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love. Note: Please be aware that the book you have purchased is a digital file in PDF format and not a physical book.