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From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle class white America 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. New Download Books Im Still Here By Austin Channing Brown – kino-fada.fr In the same way that not everyone was ready and could handle, Between the World and Me, this is another that some will have a hard time with It was not meant to comfort white people It s written to share a black experience With that being said, if there is one book that could most accurately define my Christian black womanhood my thoughts, my pain, my fear, my concerns, my frustrations, my awareness that I MUST press on despite not having much to cling to for hope it s this book I read In the same way that not everyone was ready and could handle, Between the World and Me, this is another that some will have a hard time with It wa...Finished this book today Handed it to my white kids as soon as I closed the cover Listen, I said.Yeah, I m going to need my own copy of this book so I can re read it and mark it up So many good truths in here.Watch me discuss this book in my July wrap upThe best time for me to read a memoir is after finishing a fantasy novel in this case The Wicked King because while fiction and non fiction do share similarities at least they should , plunging into something very different makes you evenaware of what you re reading currently.This is the kind of memoir I like reading I recently learned that the word memoir can apply to both an exploration of someone s life, like a biography, or writing on a specific topic, like an essay Although The best time for me to read a memoir is after finishing a fantasy novel in this case The Wicked King because while fiction and non fiction do share similarities at least they should , plunging into something very different makes you evenaware of what you re reading currently.This is the kind of memoir I like reading I recently learned that the word memoir can apply to both an exploration of someone s life, like a biography, or writing on a specific topic, like an essay Although I don t exclusively read memoirs that fit the first definition, I do prefer it It s then no surprise that I was immediately captivated by this book It s not only that the author talks about her early life childhood, adolescence and coming of age in general all of which I adore re...If you re at all familiar with Austin Channing Brown, you know she is a gifted communicator as both a writer and speaker I had high hopes for her first book and I was hooked from the first page I had intended to only read the first few chapters and before I knew it, I chucked my plans for the day and wrapped myself up in the pages of Austin s story.By the time I finished reading, I was evenin awe of Austin I m Still Here is truly phenomenal.Austin shares how even her very name challenge If you re at all familiar with Austin Channing Brown, you know she is a gifted communicator as both a writer and speaker I had high hopes for her first book and I was hooked from the first page I had intended to only read the ...Everything Brown says is right and true She writes it clearly and well And everyone who has not already internalized the message of white privilege needs to keep reading these books until they can understand what it is like to not have white privilege However, there is so little in this book and in others that might push us forward And don t get me wrong, I don t mean optimism and hope, but ch...Absolutely breathtaking Just a few pages into this book, I knew that I had to finish it in one day Austin Channing Brown does what many of us have been needing for so long she centers her Black womanhood in her memoir of racial justice, reconciliation, and Christianity By doing so, she demonstrates what womanist theologians have consistently claimed when you begin with the experiences and needs of Black women, you articulate a theology that encompasses all This is a memoir, to be sure, but Absolutely breathtaking Just a few pages into this book, I knew that I had to finish it in one day Austin Channing Brown does what many of us have been needing for so long she centers her Black womanhood in her memoi...Absolutely magnificent The female, Christian answer not critique, not correction, but response as in, call and response to Coates s Between the World and Me A must read for Christians of conscience 5 stars.I read this book with the hope that Ms Brown would illuminate what actual justice or equality would look like It was largely a memoir and a good one I went school in the 70s and 80s so my experience was different but I was surprised to hear about hers as I had assumed things had changed somewhat since I had been in school She seemed put off by the fact that the predominantly white school she attended taught and treated her through the lens of whiteness , but I am not sure how they could have I read this book with the hope that Ms Brown would illuminate what actual justice or equality would look like It was largely a memoir and a good one I went school in the 70s and 80s so my experience ...I wish I could give this ten stars.

Im Still Here
  • English
  • 17 November 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 185 pages
  • 1524760854
  • Austin Channing Brown
  • Im Still Here