I won't shut up : finding your voice when the world tries to silence you /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Henny, Ally, 1985- author.
Imprint:	Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2023]
Description:	216 pages : 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Henny, Ally, -- 1985- -- Anecdotes. African American women -- Biography -- Anecdotes. African Americans -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes. Race discrimination -- United States -- Anecdotes. Race relations -- United States -- Anecdotes. White privilege (Social structure) -- United States -- Anecdotes. Prejudices -- United States. African American women African Americans -- Social conditions Prejudices Race discrimination Race relations White privilege (Social structure) United States Anecdotes Biographies Anecdotes.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13404047

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	I will not shut up Finding your voice when the world tries to silence you
ISBN:	9781540902658 154090265X 9781493441150 1493441159
Summary:	"Popular podcaster and speaker reveals how racism and racist power structures affect people of color, the toll that a lifetime of cultural pressures takes, and how to challenge, resist, and overcome all that holds us back from living out our God-given identity"--

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Author's Note
Overture: Confessions of a Loud Black Woman
Act I. The (Not So) Secret Origins of Ally Henny
1. A Walking Contradiction
Learning to Lay Down the Burden of White Supremacy
2. The Constellation of Harms
Understanding the Interconnectedness of Injustice
3. Losing My Voice
White Kids Say the Darndest Things
4. Unpretty (I Wanna Dance with Somebody)
When You Fail the Beauty Standard and the Beauty Standard Fails You
5. White Noise
When White Supremacy Seems Totally Normal
Intermission: Easy On Me
Why I Chose to Write into the Wound
Act II. If White Folks Don't Do Nothing Else, They Will Make Sure to Do Racism
6. Faking the Funk (the Sacrifices We Make)
When We Endure Racism Out of Self-Preservation
7. Barack Obama Is the Antichrist
White Folks Don't Care If You the Head Nigga in Charge
8. Keepin' It Real
Resisting Racism and Finding Your Holy Hell No
9. Stonewall Jackson, Hear Our Prayers
When "Trying" to Fight Racism Goes Horribly Wrong
10. Finding My Voice
Learning to Push Back against Injustice
11. Diverse Don't Mean Free
Dealing with Institutions That Consider Themselves to Be "Diverse"
12. No, I Won't Shut Up
Staying True to Your Voice and Message
Intermission: A Letter to My Children
Act III. It's Time to Get Free
13. You Don't Have to Shut Up Either (Leave Them On Read)
How to Respond When People Try to Silence Your Voice
14. Be Loud and Right
Reclaiming Loudness and Using It as an Oppression-Fighting Tool
15. Letting Go (White People Need Their Feelings Hurt)
When to Let Go of People Who Are Invested in Oppression
16. Loss Management (Trouble in My Way)
Learning to Cope with the Losses That Finding Your Voice Can Create
17. Waiting to Exhale
Longing for Freedom in an Oppressive World
Curtain Call: Acknowledging the Community Who Encouraged Me Not to Shut Up

I won't shut up : finding your voice when the world tries to silence you /

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