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Your Black Friend

by Ben Passmore
Silver Sprocket. 2016. 11p. ISBN 9781945509032. pap. $5. SOCIOLOGY
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OrangeReviewStarPassmore aims to alert white readers about how some of their (usually) well-meaning communications come across to that "black friend" of theirs. He especially addresses the emotional discomfort around race that can sidetrack encounters. Drawn from his own experiences and friends' accounts, these vignettes add direct yet gentle commentary addressed to blacks as well as whites and delivered with humor to defuse some of the tensions likely in personal conversations. Buy multiple copies. Watch for Passmore's forthcoming Your Black Friend and Other Strangers.
Reviewed by Martha Cornog , Jan 01, 2018
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