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Title Uncomfortable conversations with a black man / Emmanuel Acho.
Author Acho, Emmanuel, author.
Publication Info. New York : Flatiron Books 2020.
©2020
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 Alafaya  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
 Chickasaw  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
 Hiawassee  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
 North Orange  305.8009 ACH    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
 Southeast  305.8009 ACH    AVAILABLE/SHELVING
 Southwest  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  305.8009 ACH    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 244 pages ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "An Oprah book"--Title page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Summary "In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask--yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and "reverse racism." In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader's curiosity--but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight." -- Provided by publisher.
Local Note LEASE 2020-12
Subject Racism -- United States.
Anti-racism.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 9781250800466 (hardcover) : $27.99
1250800463 (hardcover)