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Sky Full of Elephants
- De: Cebo Campbell
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker, Janina Edwards
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.
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Ever wish that some folks would just disappear?
- De Alioop en 12-11-24
- Sky Full of Elephants
- De: Cebo Campbell
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker, Janina Edwards
Ever wish that some folks would just disappear?
Revisado: 12-11-24
When stress hits, I find solace in the realms of fantasy books and films. These stories aren't just an escape; they've become my warm, protective blanket, especially after the tumultuous 2024 Presidential Election. In a world that can feel cold, heartless, and riddled with racism, immersing myself in imaginary worlds free from oppression is incredibly refreshing.
For those of you feeling overwhelmed by the state of our world, I can't recommend "Sky Full of Elephants" enough. While it won't solve our problems, stepping away from reality can be incredibly therapeutic. It's like hitting a reset button for your mind, allowing you to return to face challenges with renewed energy.
Remember, it's not about running away from our issues. Instead, it's about giving ourselves the mental break to continue fighting for a better world. So, pick up this book. Perhaps even the audio version (while I prefer to read books, I wanted someone to talk to me, and the calm voice of the main character did that). Allow yourself to be transported, if only for a little while. You might be surprised at how rejuvenated you feel afterward, ready to tackle the real world with fresh perspective and determination. #RestisResistance
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The Day God Saw Me as Black
- The Journey to Liberated Faith
- De: D. Danyelle Thomas
- Narrado por: D. Danyelle Thomas
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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The Day God Saw Me as Black is a genre-defying, cultural critique of white supremacy in the Black Pentecostal religious experience through the lenses of race, gender, sexual expression, and class analyses. A narrative that weaves between critique and meditation, decolonization and reconciliation, the theoretical and the deeply personal, The Day God Saw Me as Black is an imagining of what could be if we stopped denying ourselves — and each other — full liberation.
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Such a raw and glaringly honestly work.
- De Christina en 01-07-25
- The Day God Saw Me as Black
- The Journey to Liberated Faith
- De: D. Danyelle Thomas
- Narrado por: D. Danyelle Thomas
Literally has changed my life - thank you
Revisado: 12-10-24
She put into words things I’ve felt but couldn't articulate. The dualitty of loving something with all your heart and it being the source of great pain.
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The Great Mrs. Elias
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Chase Riboud
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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A murder and a case of mistaken identity brings the police to Hannah Elias’ glitzy, five-story, twenty-room mansion on Central Park West. This is the beginning of an odyssey that moves back and forth in time and reveals the dangerous secrets of a mysterious woman, the fortune she built, and her precipitous fall.
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Inspirational! True telling of those that go unnoticed….until they’re not.
- De raven johnson en 04-15-25
- The Great Mrs. Elias
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Chase Riboud
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
Riveting and Empowering
Revisado: 01-26-23
Have you ever misjudged another? This book will have you confronting preconceived notions of others and quite possibly applauding their grit and perseverance once you discover what they've managed to overcome to get where they are.
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The New Jim Crow
- Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition
- De: Michelle Alexander
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 16 h y 57 m
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Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times best seller list.
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Shocking, Important and Brilliant
- De Tim en 10-06-14
- The New Jim Crow
- Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition
- De: Michelle Alexander
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
Mandatory Reading for All Races and Casts
Revisado: 01-15-23
Our penal system was not set up for rehabilitation but rather yet another mechanism to profit off of black and brown bodies that can no longer be forced to work for free in the fields. I can understand why certain people have such a hard time with CRT. If they knew the land of the free had more in common with the dictatorship governments we as Americans criticize in other parts of the world they would be dumbfounded. But, when money is king over humanity profit will always take priority.
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