
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
By: Resmaa Menakem
Paperback | 19 September 2017
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"My Grandmother's Hands will change the direction of the movement for racial justice."-- Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Menakem argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans--our police.
My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
- Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy--how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system.
- Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary.
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- Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility
ISBN: 9781942094470
ISBN-10: 1942094477
Published: 19th September 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 300
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: CENTRAL RECOVERY PR
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 13.5 x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.48
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