num_pages: 237
description: God help me. I stopped hating white people on purpose about a year ago.   With this brave confession opening her book's Prologue, award-winning African American author Patricia Raybon invites readers to join her courageous personal journey to stop hating others by first learning to love God and also herself.Winner of the Christopher Award and a Books for a Better Life Award."A powerful tale of hard-win racial healing." -- Weekend Edition, National Public Radio"An unusual account of conscious change." -- Kirkus Reviews."Glorious...Raybon can tell a story to be sure." -- Publishers Weekly.
language: English
title: My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
titlecomplete: My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
genres: Faith, Biography, Grad School, Memoir, Nonfiction, Anti Racist, Autobiography, Christian Non Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 372
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Books for a Better Life Award
category: First Book
publisher: Penguin Books