How Race Is Lived In America - Pulling Together, Pulling Apart

Times Books, New York, 2001. Fading/discolouration to dustjacket spine, otherwise good secondhand copy.

In 1999, the New York Times embarked on the most ambitious project in its history. Starting with one central question - What are race relations like today? - a dedicated group of editors and writers began work on an intense, demanding form of narrative journalism, finding compelling stories in fifteen communities around the nation and following their subjects for up to a year until their stories played out. The result, How Race Is Lived in America, captures the emotions and candid words that often churn just below the surface and presents an uncommon view of the country's private and public discourse on race. Whether it's the struggles of a biracial partnership in a high-tech start-up, the tension-filled merger of a white church with a black church in the South, the simmering resentments of a multiracial slaughterhouse workforce, or the hip-hop dreams of a suburban white teenager, the powerful and intimate stories in this book follow real people leading complex lives, often but not always side by side. This landmark book offers a personal yet panoramic view of real-world conflict and aspiration, pain and resolution - a portrait of a country torn apart and brought together by its attitudes towards race...