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100	1		_aKotlowitz, Alex.
245	1	4	_aThe Other Side of the River / _cAlex Kotlowitz.
300			_a1 volume
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aWork first published in 1998.
520			_aIn The Other Side of the River, Kotlowitz brings readers to two Michigan towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Separated by the St. Joseph River, they are geographically close, yet worlds apart: St. Joseph is a 95 percent white, prosperous lakeshore community, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and 92 percent black. When the body of a black teenage boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns populations surface as well. The investigation into Eric Mcginnis's death inevitably becomes a screen onto which each community projects its resentments and fears. Beautifully written and painstakingly reported, The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns' citizens as they wrestle with this mystery and others - and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America. This powerful story challenges us to think about our own assumptions about race, no matter which side of the river we live on.
590			_aInventory: Single copy, entry 435; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A
650		4	_aRace Relations
650		4	_aMurder Victims
650		4	_aCase Studies
650		4	_aHate Crimes
650		4	_aUnited States, Race Relations
650		4	_aMurder, Michigan
650		4	_aRacial Discrimination
650		4	_aDiscrimination & Prejudice - General
942			_cBOOK _2ddc
999			_c423 _d423