![]() Powerful, haunting, and absolutely impossible to put down, account of what it’s like to grow up black, middle-class, and female in modern America is not to be missed.” - PopSugar “Takes readers on a journey through the racial divide in a way we’ve truly never seen before. Brown calls on readers to live their professed ideals rather than simply state them.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Her stories bear witness to the complexity of America’s social fabric-from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.įor readers who have engaged with America’s legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I’m Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God’s ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness-if we let it-can save us all. 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. 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. ![]() This book will break open hearts and minds.”-Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedĪustin 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. “Austin Channing Brown introduces herself as a master memoirist. From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America’s love affair with “diversity” so often falls short of its ideals. ![]()
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