🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I rarely post about books on here which is such a shame considering how many books I go through each month! I want to highlight this book because despite it taking me a year to read, I really loved it. From education through to family, dating and health these women talked about experiences I had been through and I'm still blown away by how well it resonated with me. In addition to experiences, they presented a wealth of research and statistics that demonstrate how Black women are othered in so many areas that are essential to their wellbeing and general growth. Reading this, I felt somewhat lucky to have made it through systems and situations that have never been set up to aid me because truly it's remarkable that so many Black women make it through the onslaught the society throws at them. I know by now a lot of people are thinking 'ain't ya'll black people tired of BLM now?' but it's the experiences highlighted in this book that lets me know we can never be tired of speaking about it because living it is exhausting, so speak we must. If you're interested in the experiences of Black women then I highly recommend this book that looks at the complexity of this experience, particularly for 2nd generation children. I am more attached to this book because it talks about Black British women and a lot of the research is heavily focused on African and Caribbean in the UK. Even though some of the statistics were incredibly bleak, reading this I felt seen and I felt empowered, but mostly I felt proud. There's a 'follow up' to this called Loud Black Girls which will be published in October and in this, the authors have curated a selection of 20 essays from Black British writers on the topic of 'what's next' for the next generation of black women in Britain. #blackgirlmagic #slayinyourlane https://www.instagram.com/p/CFNISpShLYG/?igshid=1ed7y3v8ub9u6
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