American As Apple Pie

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What does it really mean to be “American” when everybody’s shit is the same shade of brown? In this no-filter collection of essays, educator and former “silent juggernaut” Phillip S. Young drags the messy truths of race, class, and hustle into daylight—armed with gallows humor, street-level stories, and a teacher’s gift for turning pain into lessons. Color vs. Character: why skin tone still hijacks morality—and how to take the spectrum back The American Spirit: from struggle to HUSTLE to innovation without the desperation Bullied, Bully, Bureaucrat: a brutally honest triple-role memoir that redefines power Chess, Pawns & Payoffs: a 6th-grade epiphany on health, money, and ambition If you crave the raw candor of *Between the World and Me* but wish Ta-Nehisi Coates cursed more, crack open American as Apple Pie. Laugh, wince, and—hopefully—walk away ready to “whoop ass with your mind”

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Pages: 166, Paperback, Independently published