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Title: When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories by Bernestine Singley, Derrick Bell ISBN: 1-55652-518-4 Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A good book for anyone
Comment: When Race Becomes Real is probably the best book to come across my desk in two years. Bernestine Singley and the other contributors have managed to take a tension-laden subject -- racism -- and approach it with the deepest honesty possible. The result is not a book that will send people reeling away in shame or disgust, but one that is accessible to anyone, regardless of skin tone or occupation.

It is an odd thing to say about non-fiction, but this is a very tough book to put down once you start. If it were a novel, we'd call it a page-turner.

Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended!!!
Comment: This book made me laugh, cry and everything in between. In the wake of the Trent Lott controversy, I would highly recommend this book to Blacks and Whites. Although there were a couple of stories that were long and uninteresting, I still gave this book 5 stars.

Rating: 5
Summary: THE REAL DEAL
Comment: Bernestine Singley is to be congratulated for her thought-provoking, nitty gritty book. She has assembled a group of writers who aren't afraid to make it plain about race, including black folks who are sick of it, white folks who are finally getting it and everything in between.
My favorite pieces are Derrick Bell's epilogue (I have been a big fan of his since Geneva Crenshaw), Julianne Malveaux's hilarious and rather poignant "Race, Rage and the Ace of Spades" (that woman needs to write a memoir or something), and Tim Wise's insightful piece.
This is too searing to read in one setting, but it is the kind of book that begs for discussion. I am suggesting it for my book club and plan to use it at work to deal with some diversity related issues. Check it out!

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