At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072DRBDGV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At Mama's knee Lefty A great book. Gives one a lot to think about. The book reminded me of a lot of things my deceased mother said to me.. April Ryan is a phenominal writer and has her finger April Ryan is a phenominal writer and has her finger on the pulse of America. She is clear and concise with her insights. Her poignance is heartwarming and if you could use only one word to describe her it is GENUINE!. "Great read!" according to Faye Bell. Great read!
In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. To better understand how mothers transfer to their children wisdom on race and race relations, she reached out to other mothers - prominent political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Valerie Jarrett, celebrities like Cindy Williams, and others like Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, whose lives have been impacted by prominent race-related events. At a time when Americans still struggle to address racial division and prejudice, their stories remind us that attitudes change from one generation to the next and one child at a time.. At Mama's Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children. As a single African American mother in Baltimore, Ryan has struggled with each gut-wrenching, race-related news story to find the words to convey the right lessons to her daughters. In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ry