OUR HIDDEN CONVERSATIONS What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris and a full cast deliver a must-listen performance of Norris’s riveting examination of race in America. Based on 12 years of submissions to Norris’s Race Card Project—six words about race from over half-a-million people—the audiobook shifts between Norris’s clear, warm, thoughtful commentary and participants’ contributions, all delivered by a talented group of narrators. We hear some expanded stories and many six-word submissions. “Black wears me wherever I go.” “‘But I voted for Barack Obama.” “White Privilege. Enjoy it. Earned it.” “Lady, I don’t want your purse.” “Colors run together. Why not people?” The result is painful, consoling, infuriating, funny, enlightening. As Norris says, “There’s more work to be done.” Let’s do it. A.C.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2024 Best Audiobook © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2024]