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Finding Her Voice : How Black Girls in White Spaces Can Speak up and Live Their Truth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belgrave, Faye Z.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American teenage girls--Juvenile literature.
- African American teenage girls.
- African American teenage girls--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
- Self-esteem in adolescence--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Self-esteem in adolescence.
- Microaggressions--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Microaggressions.
- Racism--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Finding Her Voice
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2021.
- Summary:
- Black girls living in predominantly White environments face unique challenges on the road to adulthood. In Finding Her Voice, three racial justice experts and advocates offer Black teen girls important self-empowerment skills, and provide activities and exercises to help teen readers challenge dominant culture, cultivate self-compassion, and build resilience in a world filled with microaggressions and discrimination.
- Contents:
- Intro
- contents
- dear brilliant black girl
- welcome
- Section 1: Identity
- 1. black girls face challenges in white spaces
- 2. microaggressions are harmful
- 3. what is racial identity?
- 4. strengthening your racial identity
- 5. I am not just black, I am biracial
- 6. I am not just black, I am multicultural
- 7. what is your intersectionality?
- 8. letting others see all of you
- Section 2: Body Image
- 9. my hair-my joy and my agony
- 10. hairstyle discrimination
- 11. what is colorism?
- 12. dealing with colorism
- 13. body type
- 14. appreciating your body
- Section 3: Relationships
- 15. who are your friends?
- 16. improving your inner circle
- 17. your support squad
- 18. finding emotional support
- Section 4: Institutions
- 19. my family is different
- 20. communicating with parents about being black
- 21. whose history? not seeing yourself in school lessons
- 22. representing yourself
- 23. media stereotypes
- 24. shielding yourself from stereotypes
- 25. social media strains
- 26. posting and following with good intentions
- conclusion: be who you are
- acknowledgments
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781684037414
- 1684037417
- OCLC:
- 1263027241
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