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My First White Friend

Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness

Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness

By Patricia Raybon

By Patricia Raybon

By Patricia Raybon

By Patricia Raybon

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    About My First White Friend

    “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.”—Kirkus Reviews.

    About My First White Friend

    “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.”—Kirkus Reviews.

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    About Patricia Raybon

    Patricia Raybon 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… More about Patricia Raybon

    About Patricia Raybon

    Patricia Raybon 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… More about Patricia Raybon

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Personal Growth

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 01, 1997 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140244366

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Personal Growth

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 01, 1997 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781101173800

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    Awards

    Christopher Award for Nonfiction WINNER

    Table Of Contents

    Prologue

    Part One: Race
    1 A History with Demons
    2 The Problem Is Me?
    3 Down By the Cross
    4 All Shook Up
    5 A Letter to My First White Friend

    Part Two: Forgiveness
    6 Seeking
    7 Finding
    8 Knowing

    Part Three: Love (Four Stories and an Ending)

    9 Real Life
    10 Regarding Mother
    11 School Daze
    12 The Affirmation
    13 Setting to Right


    Epilogue
    Acknowledgments

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