num_pages: 240
description: In this unusually honest book of essays and other writings, Emily Bernard examines the complexities of interracial Latino and white, black and Asian, black and Jewish. In essays from such celebrated writers as Pam Houston, Darryl Pickney, Luis Rodriguez, and Susan Straight, among many others, you'll meet a young Italian American college student who rooms with a sophisticated young black man who can trace his college-educated elders back several generations; a second-generation Korean American from the "hood" who is more comfortable with Latinos and blacks than with Korean kids who grew up in the suburbs; and a Jewish man who reflects on his friendship with a black opera singer. Though culturally and ethnically at odds, perhaps, they call each other friends; working together, playing together, opening their homes and hearts, even when they have every reason not to. Sometimes controversial, sometimes funny, but always thought-provoking, Some of My Best Friends is a timely work on a subject that has yet to be fully explored.
language: English
title: Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships
titlecomplete: Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships
genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Race
ratings_count: 37
publisher: Harper Paperbacks