ISBN:
027597281X
,
9780275972813
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 129 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Crossing the Racial Divide : Close Friendships Between Black and White Americans
DDC:
305.8/00973
Keywords:
Friendship
;
United States Race relations
Abstract:
In interviews in cities and towns across the United States, from New York to Los Angeles, and from Madison to Dallas, members of 40 black and white pairs of friends reflect on how they became friends, how racial issues are addressed, and how their friendships have influenced their views and, in some cases, their actions. Utilizing a sociological framework to examine the friendships, Korgen offers readers a rare glimpse into an even rarer phenomenon and sheds light on important aspects of race relations in America.||How do close friendships between blacks and whites develop? Why are cross-racia
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Are Blacks and Whites ""Opposites""?; 2. Becoming Friends and Facing Flak; 3. The Elephant in the Living Room; 4. Distancing Racism from the Friendship; 5. New Perspectives on Race; 6. Bridging the Institutionalized Racial Divide; Conclusion; Appendix A: Demographics of Interviewees; Appendix B: Notes on Methodology; Appendix C: Notes on the Author; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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