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Grieving While Black, An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow
A groundbreaking exploration of grief and racial trauma through the eyes of a Black end-of-life caregiver, Breeshia Wade.
Description
Typically, when we reference grief work in relation to anti-Blackness, people think about the grief experienced by those oppressed by White Supremacy. But, Breeshia Wade encourages those who are not Black to consider how their own unexplored grief amplifies the suffering of Black people.
Grieving While Back: An Anti-Racist Take on Oppression and Sorrow approaches grief as something that is bigger than our individual stories—as something that is connected to what we fear, what we love and what we aspire towards. Because grief impacts our relationship with ourselves and each other, and our social location determines the amount of harm we are able to inflict against others, systemic oppression can be interpreted as the result of our unprocessed but inescapable relationship to loss.
The book re-imagines our relationship to power, accountability, and boundaries and points to the long-term work that needs to be done to address systemic trauma perpetuated within our interpersonal relationships. Each of us has a moral obligation to attend to our own grief so that we can responsibly engage with others. Grieving While Black elucidates grief in every aspect of our lives, providing a map back to ourselves and allowing the reader to encounter their innate wholeness.
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