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Living While Black

Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma

Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma

Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma

By Guilaine Kinouani

By Guilaine Kinouani

By Guilaine Kinouani

By Guilaine Kinouani

By Guilaine Kinouani

By Guilaine Kinouani

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Category: Psychology

Category: Psychology

Category: Psychology

Paperback $17.00

Jan 24, 2023 | ISBN 9780807008102

Hardcover $24.95

Jan 25, 2022 | ISBN 9780807054581

Ebook $12.99

Jan 25, 2022 | ISBN 9780807054604

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    About Living While Black

    A Guardian “Best Book of 2021” Selection

    A powerful look at the impacts of anti-Black racism and a practical guide for overcoming racial trauma through radical self-care as a form of resistance

    Over the past 15 years, radical psychologist Guilaine Kinouani has focused her research, writing, and workshops on how racism affects both physical and mental health. Living While Black gives voice to the diverse, global experiences of Black people, using personal stories, powerful case studies, and eye-opening research to offer expert guidance on how to set boundaries and process micro-aggressions; protect children from racism; handle difficult race-based conversations; navigate the complexities of Black love; and identify and celebrate the wins.

    Based on her findings, Kinouani has devised tried-and-tested strategies to help protect Black people from the harmful effects of verbal, physical, and structural racism. She empowers Black readers to adopt self-care mechanisms to improve their day-to-day wellness to help them thrive, not just survive, and to find hope and beauty—or even joy—in the face of racial adversity. She also provides a vital resource for allies seeking to better understand the impacts of racism and how they can help.

    With the rise of far-right ideologies and the increase of racist hate crimes, Living While Black is both timely and instrumental in moving conversations from defining racism for non-Black majorities to focusing on healing and nurturing the mental health of those facing prejudice, discrimination, and the lasting effects of the violence of white supremacy.

    About Living While Black

    A Guardian “Best Book of 2021” Selection

    A powerful look at the impacts of anti-Black racism and a practical guide for overcoming racial trauma through radical self-care as a form of resistance

    Over the past 15 years, radical psychologist Guilaine Kinouani has focused her research, writing, and workshops on how racism affects both physical and mental health. Living While Black gives voice to the diverse, global experiences of Black people, using personal stories, powerful case studies, and eye-opening research to offer expert guidance on how to set boundaries and process micro-aggressions; protect children from racism; handle difficult race-based conversations; navigate the complexities of Black love; and identify and celebrate the wins.

    Based on her findings, Kinouani has devised tried-and-tested strategies to help protect Black people from the harmful effects of verbal, physical, and structural racism. She empowers Black readers to adopt self-care mechanisms to improve their day-to-day wellness to help them thrive, not just survive, and to find hope and beauty—or even joy—in the face of racial adversity. She also provides a vital resource for allies seeking to better understand the impacts of racism and how they can help.

    With the rise of far-right ideologies and the increase of racist hate crimes, Living While Black is both timely and instrumental in moving conversations from defining racism for non-Black majorities to focusing on healing and nurturing the mental health of those facing prejudice, discrimination, and the lasting effects of the violence of white supremacy.

    About Living While Black

    A Guardian “Best Book of 2021” Selection

    A powerful look at the impacts of anti-Black racism and a practical guide for overcoming racial trauma through radical self-care as a form of resistance

    Over the past 15 years, radical psychologist Guilaine Kinouani has focused her research, writing, and workshops on how racism affects both physical and mental health. Living While Black gives voice to the diverse, global experiences of Black people, using personal stories, powerful case studies, and eye-opening research to offer expert guidance on how to set boundaries and process micro-aggressions; protect children from racism; handle difficult race-based conversations; navigate the complexities of Black love; and identify and celebrate the wins.

    Based on her findings, Kinouani has devised tried-and-tested strategies to help protect Black people from the harmful effects of verbal, physical, and structural racism. She empowers Black readers to adopt self-care mechanisms to improve their day-to-day wellness to help them thrive, not just survive, and to find hope and beauty—or even joy—in the face of racial adversity. She also provides a vital resource for allies seeking to better understand the impacts of racism and how they can help.

    With the rise of far-right ideologies and the increase of racist hate crimes, Living While Black is both timely and instrumental in moving conversations from defining racism for non-Black majorities to focusing on healing and nurturing the mental health of those facing prejudice, discrimination, and the lasting effects of the violence of white supremacy.

    Product Details

    Category: Psychology

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jan 24, 2023 | 264 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807008102

    Category: Psychology

    Hardcover | $24.95
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jan 25, 2022 | 256 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807054581

    Category: Psychology

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jan 25, 2022 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780807054604

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    Praise

    “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.”
    —Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie

    “Living While Black is an empowering, inspiring, and much-needed work that unapologetically centers Black joy, healing, and resistance. Kinouani unveils how white supremacy harms Black bodies and psyches, and provides a road map to overcoming racial trauma. This book will change and save lives.”
    —Crystal M. Fleming, sociologist and author of Rise Up! How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy

    “An incisive and important book that will change the way you think.”
    —Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant and author of Brown Baby

    “Speaking to those of us harmed most directly by racism, Kinouani lovingly operationalizes what healing can actually look like and reminds us that not only is joy possible in the face of racial trauma but that it is absolutely necessary for our healing.”
    —Yaba Blay, author of One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

    “I have followed Guilaine for years on social media precisely because of her passionate persistence in breaking open the falsely presented ‘impenetrable’ nature of how race and mental health interact. This will be a book that I read, recommend, and refer to for years to come. I’m in awe.”
    —Kelechi Okafor, host of Say Your Mind podcast

    “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.”
    —Robin DiAngelo, New York Times best-selling author of White Fragility

    “A vital resource and powerful book—an unmissable read for everyone.”
    —Julia Samuel, author of This Too Shall Pass and Grief Works

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction

    Centering Blackness
    Blackness as a Black Quest
    “Black” versus “black”

    CHAPTER 1—BEING BLACK

    Discovering Anti-Blackness
    Schooling While Black
    White Women and Liberal Racism
    On Writing Myself In
    The Roots of Our Resistance
    “I Can’t Breathe!”
    Connecting as an Act of Love
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Get a Reflective Journal

    CHAPTER 2—BLACK MINDS

    Black Minds, White Institutions
    Case study: Mike
    Case study: Rocky
    Psychotherapy and Racism
    Defining Racial Trauma
    Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury
    Racial Trauma: Signs and Manifestations
    Intergenerational Wounds: The Baggage Our Parents Left Us
    Trauma and the Brain
    Healing Trauma
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Practice Gratitude

    CHAPTER 3—BLACK SHAME

    Intersectionality and Trauma
    Case study: Fiona
    Understanding Intersectionality
    More on Shame
    The Impact of Injustice
    What We Call Home
    Case study: Eileen
    Denial, Shame, and Injustice
    Shaky Homes, Shaky Attachments
    Windrush and the Hostile Environment
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Strengthen Homeness

    CHAPTER 4—BLACK BODIES

    Black Bodies, White Fantasies
    The White Gaze
    Colonialism: The Ongoing Weight of the Past
    The Black Body and Boundaries
    Case study: Julie
    Scapegoats: The Consequence of Naming the Problem
    Internalizing Projections
    Trauma and the Body
    Mistrust and Neglect
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Celebrate Your Body

    CHAPTER 5—RAISING BLACK CHILDREN

    Raising Black Children
    School Violence
    Absent Dads, Bossy Moms
    Talking to Black Children About Racism
    Adverse Childhood Experiences
    Case study: The school that tried to end racism
    Parent-Child Conflicts
    Attachment and Historical Bonds
    Internalized Racism
    Parental Trauma
    Protecting Black Children
    Language and Self-Care
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    Talking to Black Children about Racism
    ACTION POINT: Strengthen Your Bonds

    CHAPTER 6—WORKING WHILE BLACK

    Case study: Sara
    The Black Body at Work
    Case study: Black hair
    Being “the Only One”
    The Impact of Stereotypes
    Imposter Syndrome
    Excellence, Exhaustion, and Respectability
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Strategize

    CHAPTER 7—BLACK LOVE

    The Context of Love
    Interracial Love
    Misogynoir: When Racism Is Gendered or Sexism Is Racialized
    Case study: Alicia
    Love at the Intersections
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Make a Love Pledge

    CHAPTER 8—BLACK RESISTANCE

    The Pathologization of Black Resistance
    Forms of Resistance
    Case study: Music as resistance
    Black Joy
    Triple Consciousness
    Learning Your Power
    Self-Compassion
    Summary
    Race Reflections
    ACTION POINT: Chart Your Resistance History

    FINAL THOUGHTS—THRIVING WHILE BLACK

    Your Radical Self-Care Plan
    Appendix: Psychological Tools
    Glossary

    Acknowledgments
    Notes
    Index

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