Uncomfortable conversations with a Black boy / Acho, Emmanuel

Emmanuel Acho, former NFL football player, discusses his experiences with white privilege, microaggressions, bias, color blindness, and systemic racism during his life, and provides ways to combat racial injustice and be an anti-racist ally. Includes additional resources.

"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 readers can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities"--From the publisher's web site.