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Living While Black
- Author
- Guilaine Kinouani
- Narrator
- Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 3 June 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Social discrimination and social justice, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Coping with / advice about stress, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias, Psychology: emotions, Coping with / advice about bullying, coercion and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory
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Brought to you by Penguin.
If, as perfectly summed up by Toni Morrison, 'the function of racism is distraction', how can we reclaim our focus? How can we, Black people, resist racism without exhausting ourselves?
For the past 15 years, radical psychologist and therapist Guilaine Kinouani has helped hundreds of Black people to protect their mental and physical health from the harm of white supremacy. In this timely book, she brings together powerful case studies, eye-opening research and effective coping techniques from her anti-racist academy and award-nominated blog, Race Reflections, helping readers to:
- set psychological boundaries and process trauma
- protect children from racism
- handle difficult race-based conversations
- understand the complexities of 'black love'
- find connection, beauty and joy in the world
Living While Black empowers you to adopt radical self-care tools that improve day-to-day wellness. It teaches you how to thrive not just survive and find hope - or even joy - in the face of racial adversity. It is also an essential anti-racist resource for allies who want to do better.
© Guilaine Kinouani 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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The boldest book on Blackness I have read. The writing is revelatory, necessary and brilliant. I haven't felt this seen by a text before
Candice Carty-Williams, Sunday Times bestselling author of 'Queenie'
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An unflinching examination of the daily assaults of anti-Blackness weathering Black bodies, hearts, and minds. With clarity and compassion, Guilaine Kinouani testifies to realities the mental health system has long ignored and denied. This is a must-read for all who profess to be trained in and care about healing
Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of 'White Fragility'
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Living While Black ruptures and breaks the silences around [racial] harms and is the offering of a cathartic release to speak the pain many of us may have been told is unspeakable. For those that are in need of a companion, even a friend that can support you in validating your experiences, this book is able to offer exactly that
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Living While Black is a powerful wake-up call for Black people interested in learning about self-identity and mental well-being. It also offers important resources for white allies
Patrick Vernon OBE, co-author of '100 Great Black Britons'
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A vital resource and powerful book - an unmissable read for everyone
Julia Samuel, Sunday Times bestselling author of 'This Too Shall Pass' and 'Grief Works'
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An incisive and important book that will change the way you think
Nikesh Shukla, editor of 'The Good Immigrant' and author of 'Brown Baby'
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When it comes to Guilaine Kinouani, I look forward to nothing short of brilliance. However, I couldn't have been prepared for this stunning piece of work that Guilaine has blessed myself and the world with. This will be a book that I read, recommend and refer to for years to come
Kelechi Okafor, host of 'Say Your Mind' podcast
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Guilaine Kinouani's book both expands and strengthens current narratives on race ... There is honest, razor-sharp, and unrelenting description of, for example, the relationship between white women and black women - seldom written about and barely approached in any discourse around feminism or psychology ...There are precious stones to be discovered in these pages - materials, tools, reflections. But for me it is so much more than this ... Kinouani's searing commentary reminds us just how little black lives have mattered in the history of counselling and psychology ... A fascinating and impressive book that stands witness to what it is like to 'live while Black'
The Psychologist
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Every feeling I've experienced as a Black woman navigating my way through this racist world was articulated here. Texts on race often just expose trauma. The beauty of this was she also offered solutions. This book felt like The Ancestors had enveloped me in a huge hug, whispered in my ear and gave me the strength to just keep going
Ava Vidal
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This powerful and timely book is an essential read for everyone with the very real potential to save Black lives
Temi Mwale, Founder, The 4Front
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Details
- Author
- Guilaine Kinouani
- Narrator
- Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo
- Duration
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 June 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473591448
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Social discrimination and social justice, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Coping with / advice about stress, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias, Psychology: emotions, Coping with / advice about bullying, coercion and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. If, as perfectly summed up by Toni Morrison, 'the function of racism is distraction', how can we reclaim our focus? How can we, Black people, resist racism without exhausting ourselves?For the past 15 years, radical psychologist and therapist Guilaine Kinouani has helped hundreds of Black people to protect their mental and physical health from the harm of white supremacy. In this timely book, she brings together powerful case studies, eye-opening research and effective coping techniques from her anti-racist academy and award-nominated blog, Race Reflections, helping readers to:- set psychological boundaries and process trauma- protect children from racism- handle difficult race-based conversations- understand the complexities of 'black love'- find connection, beauty and joy in the worldLiving While Black empowers you to adopt radical self-care tools that improve day-to-day wellness. It teaches you how to thrive not just survive and find hope - or even joy - in the face of racial adversity. It is also an essential anti-racist resource for allies who want to do better.© Guilaine Kinouani 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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