Our hidden conversations : what Americans really think about race and identity
Spanning the full spectrum of race, ethnicity, identity and class, a Peabody Award-winning journalist presents six-word stories, essays and photographs from her decade-long work at The Race Card Project that provide a window into America during a tumultuous era.
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- ISBN: 9781982154394 (hardcover)
- Physical Description lv, 471 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Bread crumbs -- How it grew -- "I wish he was a girl" -- Coins in the couch -- Memory wars -- How do you define racism? -- "Black babies cost less to adopt" -- "Start with kids and mix well" -- The patterns themselves tell a story -- So, you want to talk about lynching? -- Color me surprised -- America: a freight train of a word -- Epilogue. |
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Table of Contents
Our Hidden Conversations : What Americans Really Think about Race and Identity
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue: A Magnificent Detour | xiii | |
| Introduction: Post-Racial? | xxxiii | |
| 1 | Bread Crumbs | 1 |
| "Birthday Present: You are Black. Sorta?" | 6 | |
| Mom's secret children, my mixed-race siblings." | 15 | |
| "Focus on me. Not your box." | 35 | |
| 2 | How It Grew | 63 |
| 3 | "I wish he was a girl" | 81 |
| The Photo at the Front Door | 90 | |
| 4 | Coins in the Couch | 109 |
| "I flourish farming ancient tribal lands" | 125 | |
| "My ancestor's slave's descendant contacted me" | 147 | |
| "Why do you 'play' a slave?" | 160 | |
| 5 | Memory Wars | 169 |
| Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung | 169 | |
| 6 | How Do You Define Racism? | 195 |
| "55 mph means you, Black man" | 199 | |
| 7 | "Black babies cost less to adopt" | 215 |
| "Chinese adoptee with two white moms" | 241 | |
| "Proudfather of multi racial children" | 253 | |
| 8 | "Start with kids and mix well" | 269 |
| "With Kids, I'm Dad. Alone, Thug | 271 | |
| The Loving Index | 281 | |
| "My daughter's a 'tiggie'(repugnant half-caste)," Korean Kisses | 288 | |
| "Blackcican Spanish Speaker Didn't Teach Kids" | 303 | |
| 9 | The Patterns Themselves Tell a Story | 325 |
| You're Pretty for a" | 328 | |
| "I'm not the nanny. I'm mom." | 339 | |
| Yes, I'm tobacco-pickin White trash" | 346 | |
| "White husband became Iranian September 11th" | 358 | |
| 10 | So, You Want to Talk About Lynching? | 379 |
| "But where are you really from?" | 391 | |
| 11 | Color Me Surprised | 399 |
| Shifting Altitudes | 414 | |
| 12 | America: A Freight Train of a Word | 427 |
| Epilogue | 439 | |
| "It matters like it or not" | 446 | |
| Acknowledgments4 | 61 | |
| With Gratitude | 467 | |
| Image Credits | 469 |
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