Beyond the Book: Shifting - The Double Lives of Black Women in America
Join BMC faculty, staff, and students in our Beyond the Book Discussion!
This month, we will be discussing Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones & Kumea Shorter Gooden, PhD.
Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of Black women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They shift "white" as they head to work in the morning and "Black" as they come back home each night. They shift inward, internalizing the searing pain of the negative stereotypes that they encounter daily. And sometimes they shift by fighting back. In commemoration of its twentieth year in print with a new Introduction and updated content throughout Shifting is a much-needed, clear, and comprehensive portrait of the reality of Black women's lives today.
Please RSVP to Catherine at ctaipe@brynmawr.edu. We have a couple of copies of the book for those who are interested in reading.
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