Racing Across the Lines : Changing Race Relations Through Friendship

by Plummer, Deborah L.

• ISBN13: 9780829818567
• ISBN10: 0829818561
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-30
• Publisher: Pilgrim Pr

Summary

Plummer examines contemporary race relations through the lens of friendship and patterns of cross-racial socializing, and offers personal insight as well as perspectives from focus groups she conducted of persons between 15 and 65.

Author Biography

Deborah L. Plummer is a psychologist and diversity solutions thought leader. She is founder of D.L. Plummer Associates, a consulting firm specializing in diversity management. Plummer lives with her husband Michael Bussey and their two pugs in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
As Separate as Fingers: The Case for Cross-race Socializing	p. 1
Out of My Comfort Zone: Using Your Energy to Socialize	p. 17
Growing Up with a Race: Racial Identity Development	p. 27
Dealing with Shalita: Struggling to Be the True Self	p. 40
All Things in Common: Education Leading to Integrated Living	p. 49
What If Phil and Kristen Had Come?: The Boundaries of Expression	p. 64
What Color is the Elephant?: Do We Always Have to Talk about Race in Mixed-race Company?	p. 77
Are We Having Fun Yet?: Leisure-time Experiences	p. 87
Gentle Bumping: Supports and Barriers to Cross-racial Socializing	p. 98
Some of My Best Friends Are: Positive Changes for Multiracial Living	p. 108
Relief in Desert Places: Spirituality and Race Relations	p. 118
Overcoming Laziness: Challenges and Benefits of Socializing across Racial Lines	p. 127
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