How I Shed My Skin : Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood (CD-Audio)

from rosechimera

Ursula please write a book!

from froxgirl

As an anti-racism activist, I am an avid reader of all books by white people who believe in sharing their awakenings and the actions they take to denounce their own prejudices. This one is even more intense because Jim Grimsley is a fine, fine writer who is also a hemophiliac and gay. He grew up ...

from rosechimera

Ursula please write a book!

from FCClibraryoshkosh

In "How I Shed My Skin" Jim Grimsley looks back at his growing up as both a gay man and as a white man going to an intergrated school for the first time. Not only does he talk honestly and deeply about where we as a country have been but also how far we still have to go.

from GreyGrace

When I originally looked up the book, I found that it was written by a white man; so, in a way, I was confused. I read the story and began to feel a sense of personal connection. I grew up in a society where white people were dominant in a sense. This book has some biased point of views but was g...