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BOOK
Title For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color / Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
Imprint New York : Seal Press, 2022
©2022

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Rosengård:Vuxen Facklitteratur (300-399)  305.4 engelska    CHECK SHELF  
Edition First Trade Paperback Edition: October 2022
Descript 256 sidor 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (page 251-256)
"For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all fellow Brown girls. Her new book addresses a range of issues: How can Brown girls survive, and thrive, in spaces that were never meant for us? How do we feel pride when we're forced to code-switch? How can we deal with our own imposter syndrome? How do we free ourselves from internalized racism, when it comes to colorism within our communities? And what does it mean to decolonize our worldview? Chapter by chapter, Mojica Rodríguez not only defines these terms, she crafts powerful new ways to address these challenges. She defies "universal" white narratives by telling her own stories. She gives readers access to the knowledge that changed her life and powered her activism. Too often Brown girls have had to strive and climb and force themselves into predominantly white spaces that were never built for them. Here Mojica Rodríguez crafts a love letter and a manifesto to Brown girls, guiding them toward women who have innovated a sense of pride and sisterhood when the dominant community has failed them. In the end, this timely and urgent book energizes a movement with essential tools to help women speak up and make change. May it spark a fire within you."-- Provided by publisher
Subject Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-
Rasism
Uppväxtmiljöer
Kvinnor
Invandrare
Kvinnliga studenter
Etnicitet
Rasrelationer
Minoriteter
Kristna
Nicaraguaner
Feminism
Intersektionalitet
Coming of age
Nicaraguan American women -- Biography
Racism -- United States
Minority women -- United States -- Conduct of life
Nicaraguan Americans -- Race identity
Indigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity
Immigrant students -- United States -- Biography
Christian women -- United States -- Biography
Christian women.
Coming of age.
Immigrant students.
Nicaraguan American women.
Race relations.
Racism.
Indigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity.
Förenta staterna
United States -- Race relations
United States.
Biographies.
Classmark 305.488073
Alt Auth Kirchner, Ann
ISBN/ISSN 154167488X
9781541674882 Pocket
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