Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial

Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America

"I want you to be fully present in your own life, a change agent who is not afraid to dare to be who you are. I wonder though, my dear sweet child, how I can mother you when I have not been able to mother myself? How can I give you the tools to survive this brutal world when I have not been able to craft these tools to save myself? How can I stand up for you when my whole life has been spent trying so hard to stand up for myself? I am not perfect. I am flawed. I am pregnant. And in nine months, I will be your mother." And so begins Karsonya Wise Whitehead's first letter to her oldest son. For the past 14 years, she has written letters, poems, notes, and words of inspiration to her two boys, Kofi Elijah and Amir Elisha. She has documented everything from their first steps to their first encounter with racism; from their questions about race to their questions about falling in love. She has borne witness to their tears of joy and pain, their cries of frustration and discovery, and the difficulties that they have encountered growing up black and male. Since this is her love for them poured out onto the page, she chose to publish them exactly as they were written-without any edits or corrections. "Letters to My Black Sons" traces her (and her husband's) journey to try and raise happy and healthy black boys in a post-racial America.
Country USA
Brand Apprentice House
Manufacturer Apprentice House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781627200585
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Apprentice House
Manufacturer	Apprentice House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781627200585
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America

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