Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope

Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope

An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brownâ€”Queer Eyeâ€™s beloved culture expertâ€”as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need.

When Karamo Brown first auditioned for the casting directors of Netflixâ€™s Queer Eye, he knew he wouldnâ€™t win the role of culture expert by discussing art and theater. Instead he decided to redefine what â€œcultureâ€ couldâ€”and shouldâ€”mean for the show. He took a risk and declared, â€œI am culture.â€

Karamo believes that culture is so much more than art museums and the balletâ€”itâ€™s how people feel about themselves and others, how they relate to the world around them, and how their shared labels, burdens, and experiences affect their daily lives in ways both subtle and profound. Seen through this lens, Karamo is culture: his family is Jamaican and Cuban; he was raised in the South in predominantly white neighborhoods and attended an HBCU (Historically Black College/University); he was trained as a social worker and psychotherapist; he overcame personal issues of colorism, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, and public infamy; he is a proud and dedicated gay single father of two boys, one biological and one adopted. It is by discussing deep subjects like these, he feels, that the makeovers on the show can attain their full, lasting meaning. Styling your hair and getting new clothes and furniture are important, but itâ€™s imperative that you figure out why you havenâ€™t done so in twenty years so you can truly change your life.

In this eye-opening and moving memoir, Karamo reflects on his lifelong education. It comprises every adversity he has overcome, as well as the lessons he has learned along the way. It is only by exploring our difficulties and having the hard conversationsâ€”with ourselves and one anotherâ€”that we are able to adjust our mind-sets, heal emotionally, and move forward to live our best lives.

Karamo shows us the way.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate 2019-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982111977

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate	2019-03-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781982111977

Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope

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