The Skin We're In (book)
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| Author | Desmond Cole |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2020 |
| Publisher | Doubleday Canada |
| Publication place | Canada |
| ISBN | 9780385686358 |
| OCLC | 1189770571 |
| LC Class | F1035.A1 C63 2020 |
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power is a book by Desmond Cole published by Doubleday Canada in 2020.[1]
The Skin We're In describes the struggle against racism in Canada during the year 2017,[2][3] chronicling Cole's role as an anti-racist activist and the impact of systemic racism in Canadian society.[4][5][6] Among the events it discusses are the aftermath of the assault of Dafonte Miller in late 2016 and Canada 150.[3] The work argues that Canada is not immune to the anti-Black racism that characterizes American society.[7]
Due to an error by the publisher, the initial printing of the book's cover did not include the word "Black" in the subtitle. The mistake was later corrected.[8]
The book won the Toronto Book Award for 2020.[9] In 2021, the book was nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[10]