The Skin We're In (book)

This article is about the 2020 book. For the 2017 film, see The Skin We're In (film).
The Skin We're In
AuthorDesmond Cole
LanguageEnglish
Published2020
PublisherDoubleday Canada
Publication placeCanada
ISBN9780385686358
OCLC1189770571
LC ClassF1035.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]

  1. ^ Dundas, Deborah (January 24, 2020). "Desmond Cole on his new book, dismantling racist institutions and 'the pablum of diversity'". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Samba, Mugoli (February 27, 2020). "Desmond Cole presents snapshot of Black resistance in new book". Broadview. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Mason, Terese (January 20, 2020). "Review of The Skin We're In". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Campbell, Morgan (August 2020). "An Act of Protest". Literary Review of Canada. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Une année de résistance noire avec Desmond Cole". Radio-Canada (in French). February 15, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Bonaparte, Anthony (February 5, 2020). "A year in the life of Desmond Cole". The Suburban. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Price, Neil (January 27, 2020). "Desmond Cole wants to dispel Canada's "magical thinking" on race". Now. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  8. ^ The Canadian Press (February 6, 2020). "Publisher corrects subtitle of Desmond Cole's book to include the word 'black'". CityNews. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. ^ Ryan Porter, "Desmond Cole will donate half his Toronto Book Award prize winnings as he calls for TPL, city of Toronto 'to do better'". Quill & Quire, December 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Desmond Cole, Celina Caesar-Chavannes among finalists for political writing prize". The Daily Courier. Kelowna. Canadian Press. June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.