My First White Friend

Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness

AvPatricia Raybon

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

"In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a conscious decision to stop hating white people. Her journal/analysis provides discourse on hatred and forgiveness, the rise of her hatred, and her efforts to conquer her fears and forgive the past. An unusual account of conscious change."Kirkus Reviews.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-06-01
Mått:130 x 196 x 16 mm
Vikt:215 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:9780140244366
Utmärkelser:Christopher Award for Nonfiction

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning journalist, author, and essayist. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder to teach print journalism for 15 years. In 2006 she turned to writing full-time. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and USA Weekend, among others. She has also won a number of awards, including the Christopher Award and the Books for a Better Life Award for her memoir on racial forgiveness, My First White Friend. She now lives in Colorado with her husband.

Innehållsförteckning

ProloguePart One: Race1 A History with Demons2 The Problem Is Me?3 Down By the Cross4 All Shook Up5 A Letter to My First White FriendPart Two: Forgiveness6 Seeking7 Finding8 KnowingPart Three: Love (Four Stories and an Ending)9 Real Life10 Regarding Mother11 School Daze12 The Affirmation13 Setting to RightEpilogueAcknowledgments