Book, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - by Mariana Vargas

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. An instant New York Times bestseller, this urgent and necessary book answers the most diverse questions white people have about racism and prejudice, starting from one basic principle: the only bad question is the unasked question. Uncomfortable conversations with a black man are a welcoming invitation to all those interested in learning more about everything that black people are subjected to on a daily basis – discrimination, inequality and violence, both in their most evident and abominable forms and in their most veiled, underlying and structural ones. Sports commentator Emmanuel Acho, a black man, believes that the solution to racism, which goes beyond country borders, is empathy, only achieved with information. He then decided to create a “safe space” to answer questions – complex and simple, insensitive and considered taboo – that many people today are afraid to ask and whose deep understanding is key to combating prejudice and inequality.Emmanuel did first a web series on his YouTube channel, which had more than 17 million views. Soon after, he was invited to transform it into this book, which was published in the United States in November 2020, reached the bestseller list in just two weeks and was chosen as one of the best of the year.