For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
This "electrifying debut" (Los Angeles Times) arms women of color with the tools and knowledge they need to find success on their own terms For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy "universal" white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement. May it spark a fire within you.
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I wanted to like, no LOVE, this book... but I never got there. As a Mexican-Puerto Rican second generation child, I felt there was so much anger towards non BIPOC. I thought maybe it was an age difference between myself and the write, but we are about the same age. There were parts of this book that I did like and connected with. Though many others felt as if the author was playing the victim. Though she first hand experienced many of the injustices she speaks on (such as missionaries), she also blankets EVERYONE into the same bucket as attention seeking volun-tourists. Again, I see that she suffered through this during her time in her country, but I look for people to show me who they truly are by their current actions. She feels like the fight is never over and we can't accept anyone who's vision of treatment of BIPOC isn't exactly aligned with hers. I feel like we need to see and accept any and all steps forward, no matter how small. Again I wanted to love this book, but was immediately turned off by the first three chapters. But I finished the book and read some parts that I do align with towards the middle and end of the book.
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