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UnCommon Bonds is a collection of essays written by women representing multiple identities; all uniquely addressing the impactful experiences of race, ethnicity, and friendship in the context of the United States.

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UnCommon Bonds is a collection of essays written by women representing multiple identities; all uniquely addressing the impactful experiences of race, ethnicity, and friendship in the context of the United States. The essays unapologetically explore the challenges of developing and maintaining cross-racial friendships between women. A primary goal of this book is to resist simplifying cross-racial friendships. Instinctively, the editors believe that there is a unique joy and pain in these relationships that is rarely easy to summarize. The essays reflect narratives that challenge assumptions, disclose deep interpersonal struggles, and celebrate the complex sisterhood between women across racial lines.

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Acknowledgments - Sonia Nieto: Foreword - Kersha Smith / Marcella Runell Hall: Introduction - Joicelyn Dingle: Of My Purple Life - Stacey Gibson-Jessica Havens: It´s All About the Rhythm: Birthing Sisterhood - Robin DiAngelo: "When You Do It to Me, It´s Racism" - Nelle Mills: Filiation - Liza A. Talusan: The Support I Need - Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson-Christina Marín: Marginal Friendship: An Exploration of Culture, Privilege, and Sisterhood - Thembisa S. Mshaka: Friends in Real Life - Amber Buggs: Race Is a Factor, Not a Foundation - Millicent R. Jackson: Across the Abyss - Felice Belle-Anne Murphy: Dear Sis/Love, Sis - Jennifer M. D. Matos-Gail E. Norskey: Choosing Each Other: Love, Friendship, and Racism - S. Lenise Wallace-Eman Mosharafa-Joni Schwartz: Black, White, and Brown: A Collaborative Autoethnography Analyzing the Race and Friendship of Three Women in Academia - Mira Sengupta-Samantha González-Block: A Joyful Dance Between Friends: The Story of Our Hindu-Muslim, Jewish-Christian Friendship - Paulette Dalpes-Berenecea Johnson Eanes: Sliding Doors, Intentional Choices - JLove Calderón: Ride or Die: Relationships Beyond Constructs - Roberta Samet-Imani Romney-Rosa: Letters - Rani Varghese-Allia Abdullah-Matta-Hye-Kyung Kang: "The Ladies Salon": Building Intellectual and Personal Collective(s) - Deinya Phenix: The "Crazy White Lady" and Other Archetypes in Workplace Friendships, Boundaries, and Power - Keisha L. Green: Trust - Jamila Lyiscott: Afterword: Crossing - Contributors.

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"Female friendship has long lived in the shadows. This book shines a light on the joy and challenge of the intimate risk of cross-racial friendship. Its powerful, passionate stories share hard-won wisdom, mak-ing this book a gift to students and friends alike." Rachel Simmons, author of "Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls"

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