Tina M. Harris is the inaugural Douglas Manship-Dori I. Maynard Endowed Chair of Race, Media, and Cultural Literacy in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. This is the first endowment of its kind in the U. S. Her primary research interest is interracial communication, with foci on critical communication pedagogy, race and identity, diversity and media representations, racial social justice, mentoring, and racial reconciliation. She is a 2022 National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar and is regularly invited to contribute original research to books, top-tier journals, handbooks, and encyclopedias in communication and other disciplines. Harris is a very active senior scholar with many accolades and awards for her longstanding history of making valuable contributions to the discipline.

• Chapter 1 : The Critical Need for Interracial Communication in a State of Racial UnrestChapter 2 : Establishing an Essential VocabularyChapter 3 : Interracial Communication Within the FamilyChapter 4 : Interracial Friendships Beyond the “One Friend Rule”Chapter 5: Interracial Romantic Relationships and the Trickle-Down TheoryChapter 6 : Making Interracial Communication Possible in the WorkplaceChapter 7: Intentionality and the Fight Against RacismReferencesAbout the Author

Within the U.S., we persist in a sociopolitical climate where the truth about race seems too hard to hear, where the unwritten rules of interracial relationships presuppose tension before there is any. That is why Harris’ book is timely and important. She brilliantly captures the crux of our racial dilemma in ways that are accessible and practical. Kudos to Harris for her audacity, inspiration, and tireless efforts to speak truth to power.