Malo, experiences the pain of losing a loved one to police brutality. Reading BUCK is taking yourself on a journey through the eyes of a young black man. When you read BUCK you realize that racism isn’t just sporadic happening of individual incidents, it’s systematic white supremacy popping up everywhere in our lives. BUCK shows us that we’re not alone experiencing this kind of pain. It has reminded us that many so called Americans still believe in their cold souls that Black/African lives don’t matter. George Floyd’s assassination is a tragedy that has scarred our hearts and consciousness. On May 25th George Floyd was assassinated and to this day the country has not rallying for justice ever since. Young Malo was left to survive in Philadelphia all on his own.īUCK is a testimony of Black boys coming of age in America, coping with a white supremacist system that profits off of your Black pain. His father ended up leaving his family temporarily. His mother had a mental break down and was admitted to a mental help institution. His brother got locked up, and was in solitary confinement hundreds of miles away. He went from picnics with his mother, father, and brother, in a nice two family home, to have his whole world ripped apart. But things weren’t always so positive for young king, as a youth, he went by the name Malo. MK Asante is now a award-winning film maker, poet, author, hip hop MC, husband, and loving father. BUCK is a true story, a memoir, based off of MK Asante’s personal journey through manhood while living in America.
The Damage you’re looking for has always been there… What you are seeing now is Survival…”īUCKis a memoir about a teenage African American male that overcomes all odds to become one of the most influential leaders of our generation. “They examine me intensely, looking for damage. Books Editor's Picks Featured Politics & Society 0 Comments 15
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