Afraid of the Dark: What Whites and Blacks Need to Know about Each Other - Tapa blanda

This book unravels the mystery that has kept the races separated. It forces us to see the results of the ways we still think about race. Jesse Jackson
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There are plenty of books on race out there by experts. But "Afraid of the Dark" is so straightforward and fresh that when Jim Myers holds up and shakes out the prejudices we all carry, the assumptions we all claim as fact, even the casual reader will gasp, Aha, so that s what was going on. An hour with this book will do more to advance racial understanding than all the Presidential task forces or congressional apologies for slavery. Karen De Witt, senior editor, "Nightline""

"This book unravels the mystery that has kept the races separated. It forces us to see the results of the ways we still think about race." --Jesse Jackson
"There are plenty of books on race out there by experts. But Afraid of the Dark is so straightforward and fresh that when Jim Myers holds up and shakes out the prejudices we all carry, the assumptions we all claim as fact, even the casual reader will gasp, 'Aha, so that's what was going on.' An hour with this book will do more to advance racial understanding than all the Presidential task forces or congressional apologies for slavery." --Karen De Witt, senior editor, Nightline

The definitive guide for anyone who has contact with people of another race?in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations?this book asserts that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing, accessible, and stimulating discussion based on little-known facts and innovative research, this book explains why many whites are uneasy about blacks and how blacks react to this, why numerous blacks suspect the worst from whites, why white explanations don't hold up, why myths about sex remain so prevalent, and what both races can do together to make their relations better.