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A country of strangers : blacks and whites in America

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Description: A Country of Strangers is a magnificent exploration of the psychological landscape where blacks and whites meet. To tell the story in human rather than abstract terms, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David K. Shipler bypasses both extremists and celebrities and takes us among ordinary Americans as they encounter one another across racial lines. We learn how blacks and whites see each other, how they interpret each other's behavior, and how certain damaging images and assumptions seep into the actions of even the most unbiased. We penetrate into dimensions of stereotyping and discrimination that are usually invisible, and discover the unseen prejudices and privileges of white Americans, and what black Americans make of them.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1997.
Call number: 633872
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Shipler, David K (1942-)(Opens in new tab)

ISBN

0394589750

9780394589756

Provenance

Gift of Curt B. Smith and Douglas F. Smith, 2004.

Dimensions

25 cm

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Smith, Jack, (1916-1996,)

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