Uncomfortable conversations with a black man [LP]
"You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. "There is a fix," Acho says. "But in order to a...
| Main Author: | Acho, Emmanuel (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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Waterville, ME :
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,
2020.
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| Edition: | Large print 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.