Most Popular Books by Emmanuel Acho

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” “You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. “There is a fix,” Acho says. “But in order to access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.” In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask—yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and “reverse racism.” In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader’s curiosity—but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, a call to break through our limits and say yes to a life of infinite possibility. You may know Emmanuel Acho as the host of groundbreaking video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” Or as a New York Times bestselling author. Or as an Emmy-winning television broadcaster. Or as a former linebacker for two NFL franchises. What you probably don’t know is that Emmanuel defines his own life with just one word: Illogical. Behind every triumph, every expression of his gifts, Acho has had to ignore what everyone around him called “logic”: the astronomical odds against making it, the risks of continuing to dream bigger or differently. Instead of playing it safe, at every turn Acho has thrown conventional wisdom—logic—out the window. Now, in this revelatory book, he’s empowering us all to do the same. Whether it’s creating the next groundbreaking startup, fighting for change as an activist, or committing to a personal passion, Illogical is the go-to book for all readers ready to become change-makers. With a step-by-step guide to finding our callings and shifting our mindsets, enlivened by stories from Acho’s life and other illogical pioneers, and the Bible, Acho asks us to replace the limits set for us, and which we set for ourselves, with a world of possibility. Our horizons, he shows us, are endless.

Adapted from Emmanuel Acho''s New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, comes an essential young readers edition aimed at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation. Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key to mending the racial divide in America lies in giving them the tools to ask honest questions and take in the difficult answers. Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism—from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams—to insightful lessons in black history and black culture. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young readers can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.

For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, "Why are Jewish people history''s favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you''re anti-Zionist? The questions, and answers, might make you squirm, but together, they explain the tropes, stereotypes, and catalysts of antisemitism in America today. The topics are complicated and Acho and Tishby bring vastly different perspectives. Tishby is an outspoken Israeli American. Acho is a mild-mannered son of a Nigerian American pastor. But they share a superpower: an uncanny ability to make complicated ideas easy to understand so anyone can follow the straight line from the past to our immediate moment, and then see around corners. Acho and Tishby are united by the core belief that hatred toward one group is never isolated: if you see the smoke of bigotry in one place, expect that we will all be in the fire.

"A lógica limita, e você está destinado a voar." Neste livro, o autor best-seller, Emmanuel Acho, mostra como figuras históricas se negaram a seguir o pensamento lógico e alcançaram o que muitos achavam impossível. O pensamento lógico, baseado em dados, cálculos e experimentos, levou a humanidade a elaborar meios de prolongar a nossa existência sobre a Terra e de tornar a nossa vida mais fácil e confortável. Mas, porque trabalha com probabilidades e com o que já aconteceu antes, ele também é capaz de limitar os nossos planos e objetivos e assim deixamos de ir atrás dos nossos sonhos ou nos esquecemos de que podemos alcançar o inimaginável. Emmanuel Acho é um ex-jogador de futebol americano que, após uma grave lesão, foi dispensado do time e enfrentou um dos períodos mais difíceis de sua vida: sem emprego, longe da família e dos amigos e vendo seus ex-colegas de trabalho conquistando seus objetivos profissionais em rede nacional. Enquanto se reabilitava para voltar a campo, Emmanuel entendeu: deveria buscar um novo caminho. Contra tudo o que parecia lógico, ele iniciou uma trajetória que o levaria a ganhar um Emmy, um dos maiores prêmios da televisão mundial, e a entrar na lista dos livros mais vendidos do New York Times. Agora, Emmanuel convida você a embarcar nessa jornada: "É hora de se tornar ilógico e ampliar os limites do que a vida tem a lhe oferecer. Vamos desafiar a lógica juntos".

Best-seller instantâneo do New York Times, este livro urgente e necessário responde às mais variadas questões de pessoas brancas sobre racismo e preconceito, partindo de um princípio básico: a única pergunta ruim é a pergunta não feita. Conversas desconfortáveis com um homem negro é um convite acolhedor a todos aqueles interessados em conhecer mais tudo a que as pessoas negras estão diariamente submetidas – discriminação, desigualdade e violência, tanto em suas formas mais evidentes e abomináveis quanto nas mais veladas, subjacentes e estruturais. O comentarista esportivo Emmanuel Acho, um homem negro, acredita que a solução para o racismo, que ultrapassa as fronteiras dos países, é a empatia, só alcançada com informação. Ele então decidiu criar um "espaço seguro" para responder a perguntas – complexas e simples, insensíveis e consideradas tabu – que muitas pessoas hoje em dia têm medo de fazer e cujo entendimento profundo é a chave para combatermos o preconceito e a desigualdade. Emmanuel fez primeiro uma websérie em seu canal no YouTube, que teve mais de 17 milhões de visualizações. Logo em seguida, foi convidado a transformá-la neste livro, que foi publicado nos Estados Unidos em novembro de 2020, chegou à lista dos mais vendidos em apenas duas semanas e foi escolhido como um dos melhores do ano.