Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem

Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-EsteemFrom the late feminist icon and New York Times bestselling author of All About Love, an in depth look at one of the most critical issues facing Black Americans: a collective wounded self esteem that has prevailed from slavery to the present day, with a new introduction by Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick. Why do so many Black Americans whether privileged or poor, urban or suburban, young or old live in a state of chronic anxiety, fear, and

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her soul and her body--a sacrifice she makes with heart because of her strong conviction that the sharing of self is a healing quality of poetry: "I am a figment/ of God's imagination

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She resisted this reality by excelling academically and retreating to "the neutral room in her mind" until it passed

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