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H AWAD, MARK

 
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Synopsis

One morning on Prairie Avenue, Mark H. Awad saw a Black man walking across the street—and became afraid.

The man had not spoken to him, threatened him or crossed the street. But Mark’s mind supplied a weapon, a robbery and a crime that had never occurred.

Where did that story come from?

In SUBTLE, Mark confronts how childhood fear, entertainment, history and repeated cultural images can quietly shape the way we interpret other people. Moving from one deeply personal encounter to documented patterns in employment, housing and community life, the book examines what may lie beneath decisions that appear ordinary.

This is not a book about accusing every person or explaining every uncomfortable encounter through race. It is an invitation to pause and ask:

What did I actually observe—and what did my mind add?

Because sometimes the person standing before us is not alone. Every image we have inherited may be standing beside them.

Mark H. Awad is an author, entrepreneur and real estate developer whose writing examines resilience, perception, fear and the assumptions that influence human behavior.

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