Some Of My Friends Are

Author : Deborah Plummer
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807023891

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Some of My Friends Are. by Deborah Plummer Pdf

Examines why it’s difficult to form friendships with people of different races, how we can make those connections, and how they will encourage more meaningful conversations about race. Surveys have shown that the majority of people believe cross-racial friendships are essential for improving race relations. However, further polling reveals that most Americans tend to gravitate toward friendships within their own race. Psychologist Deborah L. Plummer examines how factors such as leisure, politics, humor, faith, social media, and education influence the nature and intensity of cross-racial friendships. Inspiring and engaging, Plummer draws from focus groups, statistics, and surveys to provide insight into the fears and discomforts associated with cross-racial friendships. Through personal narratives and social analyses of friendship patterns, this book gives an insightful look at how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society. Plummer encourages all of us to examine our friendship patterns and to deepen and strengthen our current cross-racial friendships.

Author : Judith Wynn Halsted
Publisher : Great Potential Press, Inc.
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780910707961

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Some of My Best Friends are Books by Judith Wynn Halsted Pdf

Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.

Author : Ndumiso Ngcobo
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Humor
ISBN : UOM:39015073941661

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Some of My Best Friends are White by Ndumiso Ngcobo Pdf

Some of my best friends are white is a collection of sharp, satirical essays on contemporary South African issues from the point of view of a successful corporate professional - who just happens to be Zulu. Crossing various controversial, amusing and downright confusing racial divides, the title delivers a healthy dose of black - and white - humour as it explores some of the rainbow nation's defining characteristics, its many colourful characters and its myriad mysterious idiosyncrasies.

Author : Tajja Isen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982178420

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Some of My Best Friends by Tajja Isen Pdf

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions. In this stunning debut collection, Catapult editor-in-chief and award-winning voice actor Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn’t always follow through. These nine daring essays explore the sometimes troubling and often awkward nature of that discord. Some of My Best Friends takes on the cartoon industry’s pivot away from colorblind casting, the pursuit of diverse representation in the literary world, the law’s refusal to see inequality, and the cozy fictions of nationalism. Isen deftly examines the quick, cosmetic fixes society makes to address systemic problems, and reveals the unexpected ways they can misfire. In the spirit of Zadie Smith, Cathy Park Hong, and Jia Tolentino, Isen interlaces cultural criticism with her lived experience to explore the gaps between what we say and what we do, what we do and what we value, what we value and what we demand.

Author : Tanner Colby
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101583692

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Some of My Best Friends Are Black by Tanner Colby Pdf

An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.

Author : Tanner Colby
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780143123637

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Some of My Best Friends Are Black by Tanner Colby Pdf

An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.

Author : Frank Dappah
Publisher : OSTRICH PUBLISHERS
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Some of my best friends are adjectives! by Frank Dappah Pdf

Some of my best friends are adjectives! Some are silly and others are adventurous. Some are thoughtful, while others are clumsy. Here, I will introduce you to some of them. I have plenty of friends. And in this silly little book, you will get to meet some of them. This book is meant to arm your little one with a few common adjectives. Descriptive words that are sure to help your baby express themselves in a more robust way. I hope you and your little angel enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed creating it. Lots of love- Frank Dappah Book details: Features brightly colored illustrations sure to keep your little angel engaged. Printed on high-quality paper Soft glossy cover Great gift for both a boy and a girl! 8.5 x 8.5 Size - Perfect for little hands

Author : Avery Monsen,Jory John
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452135380

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All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen,Jory John Pdf

If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon character's unique grievance and wide-eyed predicament. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable.

Author : Liz J. Andersen
Publisher : Labbwerk Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780998844817

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Some of My Best Friends Are Human by Liz J. Andersen Pdf

In an underground orphan center on an overpopulated planet, Tajen Jesmuhr dreams of freedom in a distant wilderness under an open sky. So when offered an interplanetary ecology class with offworld field trips, Taje leaps at the chance. But Taje isn't the only misfit here, where everyone has a tragic past and hidden wounds, and she soon clashes with her teacher and her classmates, including: A boy with a frightening secret who lost his family to a terrorist plague. A crafty female human-alien chimera whose parents disappeared in a paraspace accident. And a boy with a hidden past and a dead father he still hates. All may have promising careers ahead of them, but only if they can learn to trust themselves and one another enough to survive an uncaring system and a deadly final exam. Andre Norton believed in this story, and anyone--young and old--who loves science fiction with interesting characters, alien animals, and interplanetary adventures without war will enjoy it too.

Author : Emmanuel Bove
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0810160587

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My Friends by Emmanuel Bove Pdf

"Victor Baton is a wounded war veteran trying to reestablish his prewar lifestyle but avoid work. Living in a run-down boardinghouse, Baton spends his days searching Paris for the modest comforts of warmth, cheap meals, and friendship, but he finds little. Despite his desperate situation, Baton remains vain and unsympathetic, a Bovian antihero to the core. Bove himself called My Friends, published in France in 1923, a "novel of impoverished solitude."" --Book Jacket.

Author : Andrew Kaufman
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770560109

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All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman Pdf

All Tom's friends really are superheroes. There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she's sure that Tom has abandoned her. So she's moving to Vancouver. She'll use her superpower to make Vancouver perfect and leave all the heartbreak in Toronto. With no idea Tom's beside her, she boards an airplane in Toronto. Tom has until the wheels touch the ground in Vancouver to convince her he's visible, or he loses her forever.

Author : Rob Paige,Paul Yalowitz
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Monsters
ISBN : 0027696405

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Some of My Best Friends are Monsters by Rob Paige,Paul Yalowitz Pdf

A young boy whose best friends are monsters describes how helpful and friendly they can be.

Author : David Campton
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0871292548

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Some of My Best Friends Are Smiths by David Campton Pdf

Author : Jory John,Avery Monsen
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452114040

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All My Friends Are Still Dead by Jory John,Avery Monsen Pdf

From the authors of the breakout best seller All my friends are dead comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.

Author : Bastin John
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813277687

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Sir Stamford Raffles And Some Of His Friends And Contemporaries: A Memoir Of The Founder Of Singapore by Bastin John Pdf

This publication is a biographical account of the founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, through a study of the lives of his closest friends and contemporaries. Some of the personalities featured include William Brown Ramsay, John Leyden and Thomas Horsfield.