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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith's relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry - that the black...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions,...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Having conversations about race is uncomfortable. But for progress between individuals (and our communities) to happen, we need to be able to speak openly and honestly. Podcast hosts of The Kinswomen Yseult and Hannah use their own friendship and experiences from different racial backgrounds to offer guidance on navigating these layered conversations. In Real Friends Talk About Race, the duo share their two perspectives on the ways in which culture,...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Across the globe, organizations have begun to appreciate that diverse groups provide superior outcomes; however we do not know how to sustain diversity in the workplace. This book offers relatable vignettes and evidence-based skill building to close this gap"--
9) "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race
Author
Language
English
Description
"The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Sent to protect a U.S. outpost on the frontier, Lt. John Dunbar befriends the local Sioux Indians and must make a choice about how he wants to live his life as the U.S. Army threatens to push the Sioux out.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
How do partners in long-lasting relationships live together without driving each other up a wall? After fifteen years of marriage of John, a dashing European, a Latvian refugee and a physics PhD and Michaele, a fast-talking American college student, their love for each other does not assuage the trauma John experienced as a child during World War II; nor does it help Michaele understand her husband's unwavering devotion to every aspect of Latvian...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show - already regarded as the "the leading...
Author
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a Jewish American teacher, whose interaction with her adult Austrian students in Innsbruck affects her post-Holocaust attitude toward being Jewish and toward the children of Nazis, whom she was teaching. She frees herself from hate, while affecting her students, who begin to confront the Nazi past of their country and their parents. Includes details about the Nazi period in Innsbruck and the Nazi pasts of the parents-in-law of...
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