For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts: a love letter to women of color

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Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-

Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas

Cary Regional
Duraleigh Road Community
Eva H. Perry Regional
Express Library Fayetteville St.
Fuquay-Varina Community
Holly Springs Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southgate Community

Adult Non-Fiction

Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Express - Fayetteville St. - Adult Non-Fiction
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Richard B Harrison - Adult Non-Fiction
Southgate Community - Adult Non-Fiction

"For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all fellow Brown girls. Her new book addresses a range of issues: How can Brown girls survive, and thrive, in spaces that were never meant for us? How do we feel pride when we're forced to code-switch? How can we deal with our own imposter syndrome? How do we free ourselves from internalized racism, when it comes to colorism within our communities? And what does it mean to decolonize our worldview? Chapter by chapter, Mojica Rodríguez not only defines these terms, she crafts powerful new ways to address these challenges. She defies "universal" white narratives by telling her own stories. She gives readers access to the knowledge that changed her life and powered her activism. Too often Brown girls have had to strive and climb and force themselves into predominantly white spaces that were never built for them. Here Mojica Rodríguez crafts a love letter and a manifesto to Brown girls, guiding them toward women who have innovated a sense of pride and sisterhood when the dominant community has failed them. In the end, this timely and urgent book energizes a movement with essential tools to help women speak up and make change. May it spark a fire within you"--

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Non Fiction

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305.48 MOJIC

Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
Duraleigh Road Community
Eva H. Perry Regional
Express Library Fayetteville St.
Fuquay-Varina Community
Holly Springs Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southgate Community

9781541674875

2021

Seal Press

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Christian women -- United States -- Biography
Coming of age
Immigrant students -- United States -- Biography
Indigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity
Minority women -- United States -- Conduct of life
Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, -- 1985-
Nicaraguan American women -- Biography
Nicaraguan Americans -- Race identity
Racism -- United States
United States -- Race relations

For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color

For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color / Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts

a love letter to women of color

Christian women
Coming of age
Conduct of life
Ethnic identity
Immigrant students
Indigenous peoples
Minority women
Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas
Nicaraguan American women
Nicaraguan Americans
Race identity
Race relations
Racism