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. In another, Jen tells Riley that she couldn’t wait for life to return to normal Riley loses it - but in her mind only. Christine Pride is a writer, editor, and longtime publishing veteran. 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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