Latarsha Woods first wrote My Melanin Is Poppin' On My Beautiful Brown Skin as a poem to encourage her daughters Destiny, Trinity, and Serenity to celebrate their differences and likes. Since then, Latarsha Woods has transformed this beautiful poem into a children's book for other brown-skinned boys and girls around the world. Combating the stereotypes of colorism, this inspirational book will encourage girls and boys of color to love their beautiful brown skin.🤎🖤
Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States. Colorism and color bias—the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skin—is a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States. Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldn’t be in her best friend’s wedding photos because her dark skin would “spoil” the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood “trying to be Black,” Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics. Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle “cousin to racism,” in the author’s words, will be exposed and confronted.
What does it mean to be tough? Kim finds out in this moving mother-daughter story about family hardship, vulnerability and love, perfect for fans of Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors. Kim's mum is tough. Everyone says so. She can deal with unruly customers at the Red Rooster with a snap of her fingers. Kim is tough, too. She doesn't need to wear a hat to keep her ears warm. And she can make soup all by herself, even without the stove. Kim and her mum are tough. But Kim is learning that sometimes toughness doesn't look like what you'd expect. In this tender exploration of a mother-daughter relationship, Kim and her mother learn that in order to support and truly take care of each other, they need to be tough -- and that sometimes being tough means showing vulnerability and asking for help.
"Discrimination based on skin color, also known as colorism or shadeism, is a form of prejudice or discrimination in which people are treated differently based on the social meanings attached to skin color." -- Wikipedia, viewed December 13, 2017.
'A glorious tapestry of magic and murderous gods' - BuzzFeed News 'Fans of A Darker Shade of Magic and All of Us Villains will want to pick this up' - BookRiot 'A delightful, complex, intimate yet explosive debut adult fantasy' - Strange Horizons DARKNESS FALLS. GODS RISE. The Four Realms - Life, Death, Light, and Darkness - all converge on the City of Dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir. But the gods have withdrawn their favour from the once vibrant and thriving metropolis. And without it, all the realms are dying. Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs - Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Risha, a necromancer fighting to keep the peace; Nikolas, a soldier who struggles to see the light; and Taesia, a shadow-wielding rogue with a reckless heart - will become reluctant allies in the quest to save their city. But their rebellion will cost them dearly. Set in a world of bone palaces and shadow magic, of vengeful gods and defiant chosen ones, The City of Dusk is Tara Sim's crackling adult fantasy debut.
From "Celestial Super Black" to "Iridescent Snow Black", Shades of You, 100 Shades of Black, is a spectrum of uplifting black-hued celebrations. This book is a color palette of natural skin tones with names to be proud of, like "Heaven's Gates Black", "Chocolate Cosmos Black" and "Melanin Popping Black". Mantra Lotus creates full-color pages of the diversity and beauty of black colored skin. Shades of You, 100 Shades of Black, teaches children to have a strong identity and empowers them to Glow Up in all of their unique Blackness!
Melanin, May I, is a celebration of naturally full lips, beautiful brown skin, kinky and curly hair, and EVERTTHING else that comes with being a black girl. This book is here as a creative outlet for young and old sistas who want to be represented in something as simple as a coloring book.
UNIQUE Coloring Book For African American Women, Not just for Black History Month. We are Black All Year, so gift this any time to the women and girls you love. , #BLM , Black Power , Cute Interior Pages over 30 Images and sayings to color. See Samples On The Back Cover. Black Lives Matter Themed Coloring Pages. 8.5 x 11 large size and blank page between each image to make sure you can cut out your masterpiece to frame or gift to someone. Assures the images under what you are coloring are not marred. ======================== THIS PAPER IS NOT SUITABLE FOR WET MARKERS. Crayons or Colored Pencils are best. ======================== Grab this as a Gift for yourself or for a BFF . So Click on that Buy Button and grab one for yourself and one for your BEA , Sister, Mom or Sorority Sisters. You can share using the following Hashtags on Social Media: #blacklivesmatter #love #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #melanin #blackwomen #blacklove #blackpower #africa #blackisbeautiful #blackgirlsrock #blackwoman #melaninpoppin #africanamerican #blackqueen #blackbusiness #photography #fashion #blm #supportblackbusiness #naturalhair #blackgirls #blackpeople #resist #blackhistory #buyblack #blackpride
UNIQUE Coloring Book For African American Women, Not just for Black History Month. We are Black All Year, so gift this any time to the women and girls you love., #BLM, Black Power, Cute Interior Pages over 30 Images and sayings to color. See Samples On The Back Cover. Black Lives Matter Themed Coloring Pages. 8.5 x 11 large size and blank page between each image to make sure you can cut out your masterpiece to frame or gift to someone. Assures the images under what you are coloring are not marred. ========================THIS PAPER IS NOT SUITABLE FOR WET MARKERS. Crayons or Colored Pencils are best. ======================== Grab this as a Gift for yourself or for a BFF . So Click on that Buy Button and grab one for yourself and one for your BEA, Sister, Mom or Sorority Sisters. You can share using the following Hashtags on Social Media: #blacklivesmatter #love #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #melanin #blackwomen #blacklove #blackpower #africa #blackisbeautiful #blackgirlsrock #blackwoman #melaninpoppin #africanamerican #blackqueen #blackbusiness #photography #fashion #blm #supportblackbusiness #naturalhair #blackgirls #blackpeople #resist #blackhistory #buyblack #blackpride
