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Patricia Raybon
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My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love, and Forgiveness |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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256 |
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1996-06-01 |
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0670859567 |
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Viking Adult |
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0.7 pounds |
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0.89 x 5.76 x 8.74 inches |
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First Edition |
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1 Katjadazw (USA: NC) |
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1 Miranda (New Zealand) |
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Product Description
Tired of coping with her anger toward the white establishment, an African-American journalist examines the origins of her hate, her road to self-awareness, and the difficult path from hatred to forgiveness, trust, and love. 30,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
Amazon.com Review
Newspaper columnist, writer and NPR commentator Patricia Raybon admits that she hated whites for years. She even tried unsuccessfully to whip up a similar rage in her parents. But anger got her nowhere. Eventually, in the philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, she found an alternative: forgiveness. The first part of the book is a series of essays on the life experiences of herself and her father, and the racial history of the country; it ends with "Letter to My First White Friend," a grateful acknowledgment of a white girl at her mostly white high school. In part two of the book, further essays explore the process of moving beyond hate, and the new world it has opened up for Raybon.
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