And that's why I'm so excited about the books that are being produced today that can allow us as parents and caretakers and teachers to facilitate these conversations. I mean, to me that's what sort of gets me excited. Booklist (starred review) We don’t see color. And I think when our teachers are teaching it and the parents are teaching it and, you know, aunts and uncles and grandparents and cousins and friends, and we're just we're so focused on ensuring that this next generation of Americans can view different-looking groups as equals and can ultimately eliminate this scourge of racism that this nation has faced. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph: 9781536223040 : Books A hard-hitting resource for action and change.

Miebaka Yohannes narrates The Black Friend with a conversational tone that mirrors Frederick Joseph’s engaging writing. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. I think these lessons are better taught everywhere. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile ’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. On whether these lessons are better taught at home So what a white student will learn is, they'll learn about a white slaveholder and a white abolitionist, and they'll learn about why both said what they said and did what they did, and they'll learn which one had the morally right and just position. I'm so excited about the books that are being produced today that can allow us as parents and caretakers and teachers to facilitate these conversations.Īny good teacher who's going to teach about racism, and also its history, are going to teach about people of different races who were involved in abolitionist struggles, who were involved in the civil rights movement, who are trying to create an equitable and just society today.

The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph