Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker
Adapted from Emmanuel Acho's New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, comes an essential young listeners edition aimed at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation.

Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers.

Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism—from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams—to insightful lessons in black history and black culture.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young listeners can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker
Adapted from Emmanuel Acho's New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, comes an essential young listeners edition aimed at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation.

Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers.

Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism—from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams—to insightful lessons in black history and black culture.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young listeners can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy: Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker

Overview

Adapted from Emmanuel Acho's New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, comes an essential young listeners edition aimed at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation.

Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers.

Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism—from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams—to insightful lessons in black history and black culture.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young listeners can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250802132
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Edition description: Unabridged
Product dimensions: 1.00(w) x 1.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 10 - 14 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Emmanuel Acho picked up a football and made it to the NFL. He picked up a pen and became a New York Times bestselling author for Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, followed by the #1 bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy. He picked up a microphone and won a Primetime Emmy for his groundbreaking online series, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, amassing more than 90 million views to date. All this by the age of thirty, because of his ability to think and act illogically.

Emmanuel, the son of Nigerian immigrant parents, grew up in Dallas with his three siblings. He is a 2021 Sports Emmy winner, Fox Sports analyst (cohost of FS1’s Speak), and television personality. He is a former NFL linebacker and has a master’s degree in sports psychology from the University of Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I Me and You

The Birth of Whiteness 21

1 Roll Call: Black or African American? 28

2 What Do You See When You See Me?: Implicit Bias 42

3 The Head Start: White Privilege 59

4 Cite Your Sources or Drop the Class: Cultural Appropriation 74

5 The Mythical Me: Angry Black Men 87

6 Nooooope!: The N-Word 107

Part II Us and Them

7 The Game is Rigged: Systemic Racism 123

8 Standing up to Your Bullies: Reverse Racism 147

9 The Fix: Who's Governing the Government 170

10 Thug Life: Justice for Some 197

Part III We

11 Good Trouble: Fighting for Change 221

12 Show Up: How to Be an Ally 247

13 Breaking the Huddle: How to End Racism 267

Acknowledgments 285

Quick Talks 290

Recommendations 302

References 305

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