Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond

Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond provides strategies for Black women working in predominantly White spaces and educates their institutions, non-Black counterparts, students, and families on the challenges and needs of Black women professionals. It argues that anti-Blackness is a pandemic that is devastating Black lives and that institutions frequently ignore the cry of racial battle fatigue. The book offers strategies to enhance the wellbeing of Black women, such as ancestral wisdom, addressing anti-Blackness, identities and female life cycles, and planting seeds grounded in love. It is encouraged reading for all and is believed that greater awareness will spark greater change within our society.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond is a vital resource for Black women working in predominantly White spaces, as well as for their institutions, non-Black counterparts, students, and families. The authors argue that anti-Blackness continues to be a devastating pandemic that is impacting Black lives worldwide, and that Black women professionals, who are often at the forefront of racial and gender justice movements, are particularly burdened. This book offers strategies to enhance the wellbeing of Black women, including ancestral wisdom, addressing anti-Blackness, identities and female life cycles, and planting seeds grounded in love. It is framed using several African descent-centered knowledge systems and is encouraged reading for all, as greater awareness will spark greater change within our society.

Weight: 444g
Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666944938