The White Peril
A Family Memoir
Omo Moses
- **From
- the
- son
- of
- legendary
- civil
- rights
- organizer
- Robert
- P.
- Moses:
- a
- brilliant,
- unflinching
- memoir
- about
- becoming
- Black
- in
- America
- that
- interweaves
- voices
- from
- 3
- generations
- of
- the
- Moses
- family"Omo
- Moses
- has
- written
- an
- epic
- reaffirmation
- of
- Black
- diasporic
- life
- and
- a
- clarion
- call
- for
- justice.
- The
- White
- Peril
- is
- destined
- to
- be
- read
- and
- cherished.”
—Junot
- Díaz,
- Pulitzer
- Prize
- for
- Fiction
- recipient
- and
- author
- of
- The
- Brief
- Wondrous
- Life
- of
- Oscar
- Wao**In
- The
- White
- Peril,
- Omo
- Moses
- deftly
- interweaves
- his
- own
- life
- story
- with
- excerpts
- from
- both
- his
- great-grandfather's
- sermons
- and
- the
- writings
- of
- his
- father,
- the
- civil
- rights
- activist
- Bob
- Moses.
- The
- result
- is
- a
- powerful
- chorus
- of
- voices
- that
- spans
- 3
- generations
- of
- an
- African
- American
- family,
- all
- shining
- a
- light
- on
- the
- Black
- experience,
- all
- calling
- fiercely
- for
- racial
- justice.Omo
- was
- born
- in
- 1972
- in
- Tanzania,
- where
- his
- parents
- had
- fled
- to
- escape
- targeted
- harassment
- by
- the
- US
- government.
- He
- did
- not
- encounter
- white
- supremacy
- until
- the
- family
- moved
- back
- to
- America
- when
- he
- was
- 4.
- Here,
- he
- learned
- what
- it
- meant
- to
- be
- Black.
- He
- came
- of
- age
- in
- a
- Black
- enclave
- of
- Cambridge,
- Massachusetts,
- became
- a
- passionate
- basketball
- player,
- lived
- in
- the
- shadow
- of
- his
- father’s
- Civil
- Rights
- work
- but
- did
- not
- feel
- like
- a
- part
- of
- it
- until
- his
- college
- basketball
- career
- came
- to
- an
- unceremonious
- end.
- Unsure
- what
- to
- do
- next,
- he
- took
- up
- his
- father’s
- offer
- to
- go
- with
- him
- to
- Mississippi
- and
- teach
- math
- to
- Algebra
- Project
- students.
- Omo
- didn’t
- know
- it
- yet,
- but
- it
- was
- among
- those
- young
- people
- that
- he
- would
- find
- his
- purpose.This
- book
- is
- at
- once
- a
- coming-of-age
- story,
- a
- multigenerational
- family
- memoir,
- an
- epic
- father-son
- road
- trip,
- a
- searing
- account
- of
- the
- Black
- male
- experience,
- and
- a
- work
- that
- powerfully
- revives
- Rev.
- Moses’s
- demand
- for liberation.
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