Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man PDF
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Title Page Page: iii Copyright Notice Page: iii Dedication Page: iii Introduction Page: 1 Part I: You and Me Page: 8 1. The Name Game: Black or African American? Page: 10 2. What Do You See When You See Me?: Implicit Bias Page: 20 3. The False Start: White Privilege Page: 30 4. Cite Your Sources or Drop the Class: Cultural Appropriation Page: 40 5. The Mythical Me: Angry Black Men Page: 48 6. Nooooope!: The N-Word Page: 58 Part II: Us and Them Page: 67 7. The House Always Wins: Systemic Racism Page: 70 8. Shifting the Narrative: Reverse Racism Page: 82 9. The Fix: Who’s Governing the Government Page: 96 10. Thug Life: Justice for Some Page: 112 11. Picking Up the Pieces: The Black Family Struggle Page: 128 Part III: We Page: 142 12. Love Wins: The Interracial Family Page: 144 13. Good Trouble: Fighting for Change Page: 156 14. Your Presence Is Requested: How to Be an Ally Page: 174 15. Breaking the Huddle: How to End Racism Page: 188 Note Page: 200 Acknowledgments Page: 201 Quick Talks Page: 207 Recommendations Page: 219 References Page: 225 About the Author Page: 245 Newsletter Sign-up Page: 245 Copyright Page: viii
Description:INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series
“Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man”
“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 access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.”
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.
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