I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World

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I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America.Â

Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means to love blackness," a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker and expert who helps organizations practice genuine inclusion.

In a time when nearly all institutions (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claim to value "diversity" in their mission statements, I'm Still Here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often fall short of our words. Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric--from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.

For readers who have engaged with America's legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I'm Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness--if we let it--can save us all.
Country USA
Brand Convergent Books
Manufacturer Convergent Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber YES44298040
Color Teal/Turquoise green
ReleaseDate 2018-05-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524760854

Country	USA
Brand	Convergent Books
Manufacturer	Convergent Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	YES44298040
Color	Teal/Turquoise green
ReleaseDate	2018-05-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781524760854

I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

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