Changing the Narrative
Short Stories to Advance Everyday Antiracism
Changing The Narrative is a compilation of eight short stories that reveal key insights and guidance about how to promote antiracism in practical ways. Through compelling characters and storylines with unexpected twists, Joseph provides a highly readable guidebook to practicing everyday antiracism.
Featuring a fated plane flight, a mysterious pandemic that bestows superpowers, a revealing mother-daughter reunion, visionary teens who upend the status quo at their high school and an unexpectedly restorative journey to West Africa for two military veterans—Joseph takes the reader on a deeply moving experience of revelation and inspiration. Each story is followed by an author's reflection and discussion questions that help readers delve even deeper into the volume's themes.
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"With a gift for voice and a knack for the clever, gut-punch turn, Mark L. Joseph has created a thought-provoking collection. These stories are a direct and heartfelt call to reflection and action."
–SARAH LADIPO MANYIKA, author of In Dependence and Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun