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Title Breathe : a letter to my sons / Imani Perry
Imprint Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2019

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Samhällsvetenskap  306.8 engelska    CHECK SHELF  
Descript 163 pages 19 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references
"Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding beauty and possibility in life--and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience"-- Provided by publisher
"Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding beauty and possibility in life--and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Perry, Imani, 1972-
Afro-amerikanska kvinnor
Afro-amerikanska familjer
Rasrelationer
Rasism
African American families
African American mothers -- Biography
African American educators -- Biography
African American boys -- Social conditions
African Americans -- Social conditions
Racism -- United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
Förenta staterna
United States -- Race relations
Classmark 306.85/08996073
BIO026000
Oac
ISBN/ISSN 9780807076552 hardback
978080707656 9 (ebook)
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