Chanequa Walker-Barnes
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“I Bring The Voices Of My People: A Womanist Vision For Racial Reconciliation (prophetic Christianity)” (2019)
Disrupting The Racist And Sexist Biases In Conversations On Reconciliation Chanequa Walker-barnes Offers A Compelling Argument That The Christian Racial Reconciliation Movement Is Incapable Of Responding To Modern-day Racism. She Demonstrates How Reconciliation's Roots In The Evangelical, Male-centered Promise Keepers' Movement Has Resulted In A Patriarchal And Largely Symbolic Effort, Focused Upon Improving Relationships Between Men From Various Racial-ethnic Groups. Walker-barnes Argues That Highlighting The Voices Of Women Of Color Is Critical To Developing Any Genuine Efforts Toward Reconciliation. Drawing Upon Intersectionality Theory And Critical Race Studies, She Demonstrates How Living At The Intersection Of Racism And Sexism Exposes Women Of Color To Unique Experiences Of Gendered Racism That Are Not About Relationships, But Rather Are About Systems Of Power And Inequity. Refuting The Idea That Race And Racism Are One-size-fits-all, I Bring The Voices Of My People Highlights The Particular Work That White Americans Must Do To Repent Of Racism And To Work Toward Racial Justice And Offers A Constructive View Of Reconciliation That Prioritizes Eliminating Racial Injustice And Healing The Damage That It Has Done To African Americans And Other People Of Color.
“Too Heavy A Yoke: Black Women And The Burden Of Strength” (2014)
Black Women Are Strong. At Least That's What Everyone Says And How They Are Constantly Depicted. But What, Exactly, Does This Strength Entail? And What Price Do Black Women Pay For It? In This Book, The Author, A Psychologist And Pastoral Theologian, Examines The Burdensome Yoke That The Ideology Of The Strong Black Woman Places Upon African American Women. She Demonstrates How The Three Core Features Of The Ideology--emotional Strength, Caregiving, And Independence--constrain The Lives Of African American Women And Predispose Them To Physical And Emotional Health Problems, Including Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, And Anxiety. She Traces The Historical, Social, And Theological Influences That Resulted In The Evolution And Maintenance Of The Strong Black Woman, Including The Christian Church, R & B And Hip-hop Artists, And Popular Television And Film. Drawing Upon Womanist Pastoral Theology And Twelve-step Philosophy, She Calls Upon Pastoral Caregivers To Aid In The Healing Of African American Women's Identities. Introduction: The Personal Is Pastoral -- This Thing Called Strength: A Portrait Of The Strongblackwoman -- Too Heavy A Yoke: The Pain Of The Strongblackwoman -- To Carry Your Burden In The Heat Of The Day: Racism, Sexism, And The Making Of The Strongblackwoman -- Pride And Prejudice: Societal Reactions To The Strongblackwoman -- Must Black Women Bear The Yoke Alone? : The Church And The Strongblackwoman -- For My Yoke Is Easy: Liberating Black Women From The Burden Of Strength -- Appendix: The Strongblackwoman's Twelve-step Recovery Program. Chanequa Walker-barnes. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 199-207) And Indexes.
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