[PDF.09ka] Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

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 | #246087 in Books |  Jones, Charisse/ Shorter-Gooden, Kumea |  2004-07-27 |  2004-07-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.83 x5.31l,.63 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Women ( Black) in American|By NicoleRai|Shifting: the act of changing between various personas for the sake of survival, acceptance and maybe even self-worth. This book talks about the different myths in which (black) women often times define themselves. Ways of coping with issues that affect how they express themselves, think and live their lives. Sexism and discriminati|From Publishers Weekly|USA Today correspondent Jones and psychologist Shorter-Gooden initiated the African American Women's Voices Project and recorded the experiences of 333 survey respondents and 71 interviewees. The results are here compiled to form an urgent

Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to com-promise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They shift "White" as they head to work in the morning and "Black" as they come back home each night. They shift inwar...

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