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A review by pattydsf
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness by Patricia Raybon
4.0
I picked this book up on the spur of the moment - the title caught my eye. Once I got started reading, I was very glad I gave into the impulse, although I didn't really need another book.
I found Patricia Raybon to be amazingly honest in her examination of race relations. She looks at her family, her environment and most thoroughly Raybon looks at herself.
I have not had the courage to examine myself as Raybon does. What she sees is that not just white folk are responsible for how she feels about blacks and whites. And no one but Raybon herself can decide how she should see herself in the present and in the future.
I would like to know how others see this book. Raybon seems willing to work on forgiveness and try to move forward. Is that really possible and did Raybon actually do it?
I may need to read this again.
I found Patricia Raybon to be amazingly honest in her examination of race relations. She looks at her family, her environment and most thoroughly Raybon looks at herself.
I have not had the courage to examine myself as Raybon does. What she sees is that not just white folk are responsible for how she feels about blacks and whites. And no one but Raybon herself can decide how she should see herself in the present and in the future.
I would like to know how others see this book. Raybon seems willing to work on forgiveness and try to move forward. Is that really possible and did Raybon actually do it?
I may need to read this again.