William H Smith

This book seeks to impact the public discourse on race - to move it from the "blame/grievance/rejection" cycle to one of "amity/collaboration/access and equity."

In contrast to the lens that focuses exclusively on the racist traditions that are rooted in America's social history, the moral counterweight of close, loving, friendship and collaboration, which have always been present in our history, represents "the other tradition." This "other tradition" is a source of inspiration and presents models of behavior that are instructional and include unknown and uncelebrated legacies to be absorbed and emulated...