From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America
