All of the surveys reveal most Americans have few friends of another race. Even though most agree building friendships across racial lines can be greatly beneficial and enriching, most people rarely strike up meaningful relationships outside of their racial group.
At a time when racial relations in the country remain fraught, a new book suggests the thorny conversation about race and racism may be best achieved in one-on-one cross-racial relationships. In this special one hour show we examine cross-racial friendships drawing from the real-life friendships, data and surveys in the new book, Some of My Friends Are: The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross-Racial Friendships by Dr. Deborah Plummer.
Guests:
Deborah Plummer
- Vice Chancellor of diversity at University of Massachusetts Medical School and the author of
Some of My Friends Are: The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross-Racial Friendships.
Perpetua Charles
- Associate Publicist at
Beacon Press
and friend of Clara Durrance.
Clara Durrance - Sales Assistant at Infinex Investment and friend of Perpetua Charles.
