For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color / Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nicaraguan American women--Biography.

Nicaraguan American women.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Christian women.

Immigrant students.

Nicaraguan Americans.

Minority women.

Conduct of life.

United States.

Minority women--United States--Conduct of life.

Nicaraguan Americans--Race identity.

Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.

Indigenous peoples.

Immigrant students--United States--Biography.

Christian women--United States--Biography.

Coming of age.

Race relations.

Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-.

Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas.

United States--Race relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 256 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Seal Press, 2021.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Voluntourism

Colorism

Imposter syndrome

Myth of meritocracy

Politics of respectability

Toxic masculinity

Intersectionality

The male gaze

White fragility

Decoloniality

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

ISBN:

9781541674875

1541674871

OCLC:

1230230365

Publisher Number:

99988924077