Race manners for the 21st century : navigating the minefield between Black and White Americans in an age of fear /

In the wake of 9/11, confronting race relations in American is as daunting as it is necessary. Race Manners shows us how we can begin a civilized, meaningful dialogue-not with evasive abstractions, but with practicality and candor. The second edition, completely revised and updated, is a guide to im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, Bruce A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Hachette Book Group USA, c2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • OUT IN THE OPEN
  • Black, white and scared: our new scapegoating in the post-9/11 age
  • Traveling in terror: self-protection versus excess baggage
  • Still caught in Katrina: facing our ongoing storm of race and class
  • Survival and stereotype on the street
  • Subliminal training: race in public transit
  • MATTERS OF OPINION
  • Rage radio and screaming heads: how to survive talk show culture
  • Take me to your leader: who gets to speak for whom?
  • Til O.J. do us part: race and our encounters with police
  • The extraterrestrialʼs guide to hate
  • Affirmative action and beyond: controversies that will not die and why
  • IDENTITY
  • Showing our ID: what is race, anyway?
  • You my nigga: whoʼs naming whom?
  • Congratulations! Youʼre ethnic! Elvis to Eminem: black music and the fight over who owns culture
  • Hey, yo: what color do you speak?
  • Telling ethnic jokes: do you dare?
  • JUST BETWEEN US
  • Whatʼs wrong with Tolerance?
  • Picking your spots: when is it worth it to speak up?
  • A state of being sorry: the nice black man syndrome
  • Learn three facts and start yelling: the updated ten most bigoted ideas held by black and white Americans
  • The color of love: interracial relationships in black and white
  • Epilogue: is there hope?