Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers. Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racismfrom attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teamsto insightful lessons in black history and black culture. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young readers can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

"A young readers' adaptation of Uncomfortable conversations with a Black man"--Cover.

Part I : me and you. The birth of whiteness -- Roll call : black or African American? -- What do you see when you see me? : implicit bias -- The head start : white privilege -- Cite your sources or drop the class : cultural appropriation -- The mythical me : angry black man -- Noooooope! : the n-word -- Part II : us and them. The game is rigged : systemic racism -- Standing up to your bullies : reverse racism -- The fix : who's governing the government -- Thug life : justice for some -- Part III : we. Good trouble : fighting for change -- Show up : how to be an ally -- Breaking the huddle : how to end racism.