CTX Research Guides: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Abi's pick (1)

Name of selector

Abi Tesfaye

Selection

I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1524760854
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools and churches, Austin writes, “I had to learn what it means to love blackness,” a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker, and expert helping organizations practice genuine inclusion.In a time when nearly every institution (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claims to value diversity in its mission statement, Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice.

Review

This is a memoir discussing what it's like being Black in majority-white institutions such as schools, professional workplaces, and Christian spaces. She also provides tools to identify and correct microaggressions and blatant racism.

As a person of color, it helped me put language to what I experience. It has better equipped me talk about race issues with people of different ethnicities.

This book should be required reading for any person in leadership to better understand the POC experience, specifically in the workplace and church. Since it's a memoir, this would also be a great book to read as a group, or build off panel discussions with POC @ CTX.

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