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Afraid of the dark : what whites and Blacks need to know about each other /

The definitive guide for anyone who has contact with people of another race, in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations, this book asserts that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing, accessible, and stimulating discussion based on lit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Myers, Jim, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2000.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. What's the problem: if we could just be friends
  • 2. Trouble with numbers: why can't we count straight
  • 3. Color line: the partitioning of our minds
  • 4. Divided landscape: where we all want to be
  • 5. Tuning each other out: Segregation in the information age
  • 6. In the mirror: do we like what we see
  • 7. Story line: good guys and bad guys
  • 8. Dogs and monkeys: tracking our worst thoughts
  • 9. Discussing race: some silence isn't all that golden
  • 10. Slavery: our past is never that far away
  • 11. Wild ideas: can you believe this stuff
  • 12. White culture: the ways of white folks
  • 13. Black culture: the ways of black folks
  • 14. Women and men: does size make a difference
  • 15. Heroes and villains: what's sports got to do with it
  • 16. Getting it right: give a little, get a little
  • 17. Golden rule: what about the self-evidence
  • 18. What to keep/what to toss away: giving good and bad ideas their due.