![]() These would have been ideal opportunities for an intense discussion that would have pushed readers to think even harder about this friendship and how race affects so much of what we do and think. Two life-long best friends (one black and one white and, yes, their race matters) faced a crossroads when the white one's husband shot an unarmed black kid in the line of duty. ![]() In another, Jen tells Riley that she couldn’t wait for life to return to normal Riley loses it - but in her mind only. 'We Are Not Like Them' by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza has an explosive premise that will make it the water cooler book that 'The Hate You Give' was. In one scene, for instance, Jen wonders about Riley’s three college scholarships (to her none) and yet says nothing about it. ![]() It could have shown Riley and Jen sitting down face-to-face, going toe-to-toe, not holding back their thoughts about how race has affected their friendship. ![]() “You could never be sure what was about race and what wasn’t,” Riley explains to Jen, “so you always had to second-guess yourself (Was that because I’m Black?).” Still, the book could have gone further with this. The authors show, for example, how Jen has the privilege of never seeing “color” in her relationship - whereas for Riley, it’s unavoidable. Pride and Piazza explore race and friendship with candor. ![]()
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