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Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships
By (author) Emily Bernard
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In this unusually honest book of essays and other writings, Emily Bernard examines the complexities of interracial friendships: Latino and white, black and Asian, black and Jewish. In essays from such celebrated writers as Pam Houston, Darryl Pickney, Luis Rodriguez, and Susan Straight, among many others, you'll meet a young Italian American college student who rooms with a sophisticated young black man who can trace his college-educated elders back several generations; a second-generation Korean American from the ""hood"" who is more comfortable with Latinos and blacks than with Korean kids who grew up in the suburbs; and a Jewish man who reflects on his friendship with a black opera singer. Though culturally and ethnically at odds, perhaps, they call each other friends; working together, playing together, opening their homes and hearts, even when they have every reason not to. Sometimes controversial, sometimes funny, but always thought-provoking, Some of My Best Friends is a timely work on a subject that has yet to be fully explored.
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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Published date | 28 Jun 2005
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 240
Dimensions | 201 x 132 x 15mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 227g
ISBN | 978-0-0600-8277-2
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BISAC | social science / sociology / general
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