
Yet Here I Am
Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home
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Jonathan Capehart
Pulitzer Prize winning writer, editor and TV host Jonathan Capehart recounts powerful stories from his life about embracing identity, picking battles, seizing opportunity and finding his voice.
MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart is one of the most recognizable faces in cable news. But long before that success, Capehart spent his boyhood growing up without his father, shuttling back and forth between New Jersey and rural Severn, North Carolina, and contemplating the complexities of race and identity as they shifted around him. It was never easy bridging two worlds; whether being told he was too smart or not smart enough, too Black or not Black enough, Capehart struggled to find his place. Then, an internship at The Today Show altered the course of his life, bringing him one step closer to his dream. From there, Capehart embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Yet Here I Am takes us along that journey, from his years at Carleton College, where he learns to embrace his identity as a gay Black man surrounded by a likeminded community; to his decision to come out to his family, risking rejection; and finally to his move to New York City, where time and again he stumbles and picks himself up as he blazes a path to become the familiar face in news we know today.
Honest and endearing, Yet Here I Am is an inspirational memoir of identity, opportunity, and finding one's voice and purpose along the way.
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wonderful and enlightened
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Loved it!
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honesty
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As an (out) gay, Black man, he has beaten the odds of discrimination based on these entities that cannot be changed, even if others can't accept them.
I love his candor. I will not forget his mantra- "If someone asks you what you want, tell them." Words to live by!
Jonathan Did It!
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Truly honest and engaging. I could not stop listening.
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Jonathan Capehart recounts his life so far
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Excellent
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love knowing more about one of my favorite commentators
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Excellent story of a professional's development
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He kept going.
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