02018cam a2200325 i 4500 451126735 TxAuBib 20201123120000.0 201028s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250800466 1250800463 (OCoLC)1192360327 TxAuBib rda Acho, Emmanuel,. Uncomfortable conversations with a black man / Emmanuel Acho. First edition: 2020. New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. viii, 244 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "An Oprah book"--Title page. Includes bibliographical references. 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. "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."-- Amazon.com. 20201123. Racism United States. Anti-racism. United States Race relations.