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Unsatisfied with the relentless pace and narrow constraints of
social media, two Americans, Winkfield Twyman, Jr. and Jennifer
Richmond — a black man and a white woman — rediscovered the art
of letter writing and maintained a years-long correspondence about
race in the United States. In Letters in Black and White, they
share their exchanges in full for the first time, charting their
journey from wary strangers to trusted confidants. At a time when
many Americans are dazed, confused, and angered by the country’s
current state of race relations, they offer a model not only for
having those needed but difficult conversations but also for a
better way forward. Marked by well-crafted turns of phrase, sharp
wit, and sober reflection, they intentionally avoid those
fashionable words and phrases that have been drained of real
meaning or hopelessly saddled with excessive baggage, such as
antiracism, white fragility, allyship, and wokeness. Rather, on
topics ranging from the murder of George Floyd to the launch of the
1619 Project to the debate over reparations, they tell the truth as
they see it in their own uncorrupted language, speaking for no one
but themselves. Particularly critical of the ideological battles
that fuel media programming and entrench political rivalries and
the noble-sounding social and cultural projects that fail time and
again to offer any meaningful solutions, they identify productive
ways to unify across our differences, to find our common humanity,
and to mend America’s divided soul. Ultimately, they offer an
inspirational message of hope and optimism for all — one that
does not allow the past to define our present or determine our
future.
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