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My First White Friend Patricia Raybon

My First White Friend By Patricia Raybon

My First White Friend by Patricia Raybon

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Summary

Tired of living 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.

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My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness by Patricia Raybon

In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a conscious decision to stop hating white people. Her journal/analysis provides discourse on hatred and forgiveness, the rise of her hatred, and her efforts to conquer her fears and forgive the past. An unusual account of conscious change. Kirkus Reviews.

About Patricia Raybon

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning journalist, author, and essayist. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder to teach print journalism for 15 years. In 2006 she turned to writing full-time. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and USA Weekend, among others. She has also won a number of awards, including the Christopher Award and the Books for a Better Life Award for her memoir on racial forgiveness, My First White Friend. She now lives in Colorado with her husband.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Part One: Race
1 A History with Demons
2 The Problem Is Me?
3 Down By the Cross
4 All Shook Up
5 A Letter to My First White Friend

Part Two: Forgiveness
6 Seeking
7 Finding
8 Knowing

Part Three: Love (Four Stories and an Ending)

9 Real Life
10 Regarding Mother
11 School Daze
12 The Affirmation
13 Setting to Right


Epilogue
Acknowledgments

Additional information

CIN0140244360G
9780140244366
0140244360
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness by Patricia Raybon
Patricia Raybon
Used - Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
19970601
272
Winner of Christopher Award for Nonfiction.
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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