[Publib] I have stumped myself

[Anne Killheffer]

I never thought I would be one of those patrons who can't remember the title of a book, but here I am. I
have tried OCLC, Google, Amazon.com, the Infotrac magazine index and the index of the New York Times without finding what I am looking for. It doesn't help that my memory is a bit foggy. 

Does anyone remember....  about five to seven years ago, I believe, a book was published by an African-American professional man (possibly a lawyer or stockbroker), who temporarily "went undercover" in a series of 
service jobs and wrote about his experiences of the unpleasant way that many people treat Black people in "menial" jobs. One incident I remember in particular was that he was a waiter in a restaurant or country club in Greenwich, CT, where the customers made crude racial insults to his face. 

It might have just been a long article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, but I believe it was an entire book. The man was based in the New York/ tristate region. 

Help, anyone? 

I have stumped myself. 
Reference Librarian
Stratford Library Association
2203 Main St., Stratford, CT 06615

203-385-4164
anne at stratford.lib.ct.us

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