WAKING UP WHITE, AND FINDING SIZE:Standard Writhing snakes replace her hair

Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone

For Ta-Nehisi Coates

these vital bonds are often at the root of our deepest suffering

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Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States

WAKING UP WHITE, AND FINDING SIZE:Standard Writhing snakes replace her hairWaking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her sometimes cringe worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As Irving unpacks her own long held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill