Powerful Summer Reading - You Are Your Best Thing, edited by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
This book is written to give voice to the experiences of Black people. Too often, they may be only be seen at those who are impacted most directly by racism. That is a part of their identity, and they also live lives of blessing and strength and challenge. This book is a collection of essays from writers, artists, educators, activists and others. They speak in the first person, in Tarana Burke's words, to "give our humanity breathing room." You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience , edited by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown. From the introduction by the editors: Brene: I kept thinking about bell hook's concept of lovelessness and how she talks about lovelessness as the root of white supremacy and the patriarchy and all forms of oppression. And that the answer to lovelessness is love. I've read bell hooks for thirty years, but these essays and the process of co-creating with you taught me what love in the face of lovelessness