Uncomfortable conversations with a black man /
Emmanuel Acho belives the only way to cure our nation's oldest disease-- racism-- starts with a profound, revolutionary idea: actually talking to one another. No, seriously. Until it gets uncomfortable.. and then some. In Uncomfortable Conversations..., Acho connects his own experience with rac...
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New York, NY :
Flatiron Books,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. You and me
- The name game: Black or African American?
- What do you see when you see me?: implicit bias
- The false start: white privilege
- Cite your sources or drop the class: cultural appropriation
- The mythical me: angry black men
- Nooooope!: the n-word
- Part II. Us and them
- The house always wins: systemic racism
- Shifting the narrative: reverse racism
- The fix: who's governing the government
- Thug life: justice for some
- Picking up the pieces: the Black family struggle
- Part III. We
- Love wins: the interracial family
- Good trouble: fighting for change
- Your presence is requested: how to be an ally
- Breaking the huddle: how to end racism.