{"product_id":"my-first-white-friend-isbn-9780140244366","title":"My First White Friend","description":"\"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.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e.Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Race\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1  A History with Demons\u003cbr\u003e2  The Problem Is Me?\u003cbr\u003e3  Down By the Cross\u003cbr\u003e4  All Shook Up\u003cbr\u003e5  A Letter to My First White Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Forgiveness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6  Seeking\u003cbr\u003e7  Finding\u003cbr\u003e8  Knowing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Love (Four Stories and an Ending)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9  Real Life\u003cbr\u003e10  Regarding Mother\u003cbr\u003e11  School Daze\u003cbr\u003e12  The Affirmation\u003cbr\u003e13  Setting to Right\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Raybon\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Newsweek, USA Today,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Weekend,\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eMy First White Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. She now lives in Colorado with her husband.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304660717797,"sku":"NP9780140244366","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140244366.jpg?v=1767733285","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/my-first-white-friend-isbn-9780140244366","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}