Living While Black: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma – A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

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A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR’Revelatory, necessary and brilliant’ Candice Carty-Williams | ‘A must read’ Robin DiAngelo | ‘A powerful wake-up call’ Patrick Vernon | ‘An incisive and important book that will change the way you think’ Nikesh Shukla | ‘An unmissable read for everyone’ Julia Samuel | ‘Honest, razor-sharp, fascinating and impressive’ The Psychologist | ‘Groundbreaking’ Bad Form____________________________________________________________ For the past 15 years, radical psychologist and therapist Guilaine Kinouani has helped hundreds of Black people to protect their mental and physical health from the harm of white supremacy. In this timely book, she brings together powerful case studies, eye-opening research and effective coping techniques from her anti-racist academy and award-nominated blog, Race Reflections, helping readers to: – set psychological boundaries and process trauma – protect children from racism – handle difficult race-based conversations- understand the complexities of ‘Black love’- find connection, beauty and joy in the worldLiving While Black empowers you to adopt radical self-care tools that improve day-to-day wellness. It teaches you how to thrive not just survive and find hope – or even joy – in the face of racial adversity. It is also an essential anti-racist resource for allies who want to do better.

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Weight 0.257 kg
Dimensions 1.9 × 13.5 × 21.6 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

256

Publisher

Year Published

2021-6-3

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1529109434

About The Author

Guilaine Kinouani is a UK-based French radical/critical psychologist of Congolese descent. She's a feminist, therapist, equality consultant and award-nominated writer of the blog, RaceReflections.co.uk. She works as a Senior Psychologist and is an Adjunct Professor of Black and Africana Studies at Syracuse University, London. Kinouani leads Race Reflections and its Academy which provide workshops on anti-racism, racial trauma and self-care. She has spoken about racial trauma at TEDxUCL, the University of Cambridge, and University of London among others. She tweets as @KGuilaine

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The boldest book on Blackness I have read. The writing is revelatory, necessary and brilliant. I haven't felt this seen by a text before

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An unflinching examination of the daily assaults of anti-Blackness weathering Black bodies, hearts, and minds. With clarity and compassion, Guilaine Kinouani testifies to realities the mental health system has long ignored and denied. This is a must-read for all who profess to be trained in and care about healing