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Book

Our hidden conversations : what Americans really think about race and identity

Call Number

  • 305.8 N857 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2024.

Physical Description

lv, 471 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Summary

"Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories."--

Contents

  • Prologue: a magnificent detour
  • Introduction: post-racial?
  • Bread crumbs
  • How it grew
  • "I wish he was a girl"
  • Coins in the couch
  • Memory wars
  • How do you define racism?
  • "Black babies cost less to adopt"
  • "Start with kids and mix well"
  • The patterns themselves tell a story
  • So, you want to talk about lynching?
  • Color me surprised
  • America: a freight train of a word
  • Epilogue.

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