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- The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power is a book by Desmond Cole published by Doubleday Canada in 2020. The Skin We're In describes the struggle against racism in Canada during the year 2017, chronicling Cole's role as an anti-racist activist and the impact of systemic racism in Canadian society.
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The Skin We're In describes the struggle against racism in Canada during the year 2017, [2] [3] chronicling Cole's role as an anti-racist activist and the impact of systemic racism in Canadian society.
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"In 2015, I had a piece published with Toronto Life called The Skin I'm In. It was a personal essay about my own experiences with police surveillance and the practice that we now refer to as carding. It did very well. "After it was published, Penguin Random House was among a few book publishers that reached out to me and asked if I was interested i...
"They say that you should write what you know. And I did that. A lot of times, as a journalist who is trying to make a living, you don't get to dwell on really interesting or important stories because no one will pay you to do that. So writing this book was an opportunity for me to go back to a lot of stories that I was experiencing throughout the ...
"I don't like writing about myself. I even had thoughts about completely overhauling the title of this book but it ended up being The Skin We're In as a kind of evolution of my The Skin I'm In essay. This is a work of journalism. I believe in a journalism where the person speaking is present. They are not pretending to tell you this story from the ...
"I wrote The Skin We're In for Black people first. This book is for those of us who live this every day. This book is validation. It's not that Black people need this book — but I hope that Black people want to see a mainstream and popular book that's about us and for us. "But The Skin We're Inis also for a broader audience, so long as that audienc...
Jan 7, 2020 · 4.45. 9,968 ratings1,152 reviews. A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 TORONTO BOOK AWARDA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada’s most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We’re In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists.
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Jan 28, 2020 · The Skin We're In, a new book by award-winning journalist, activist and author Desmond Cole, is a look at racism in Canada and its lasting impact. It's a story of confrontation,...
Aug 2, 2022 · What emerges is a personal, painful, and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Updated with a new foreword, postscript, and an extensive educator's guide, The Skin...
The Skin We’re In is a procedural documentary. It is an investigation. And it is a cry from the heart. Cole’s journey is not just toward discovery, but toward the unveiling of a desperate,...
