Black Girl, White School: Thriving, Surviving and No, You Can't Touch My Hair. an Anthology

by Olivia V G Clarke (Editor)

Overview

#1 AMAZON NEW RELEASE & Amazon Bestseller in 7 Categories!

Listen to Black women and Black girls.

Navigating predominantly white institutions (PWI) as a young Black girl provides amazing opportunities as well as challenging experiences. The poems, anecdotes, and entries found in this book seek to provide support and guidance for Black girls in PWI's and are written by Black girls and women who are current or past attendees of PWI's.

Hair, friendship, dating, motivation, information, racism, self-esteem - nothing is off limits.

Fans of Black Lives Matter books The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Dear Martin by Nic Stone, and The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo will love this non-fiction look at life as a Black girls in white schools by girls who have lived it.

This non-fiction book for kids and young adults is edited by Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activist and teen author Olivia V.G. Clarke. Selections from the following writers, poets and leaders:

- Gabrielle Clarke

- Marissa Glonek

- Yolanda Durden

- Soraya Patterson

- Lydia Patterson

- Aminah Aliu

- Tiara McKinney

- Tiia McKinney

- Makayla Terrell

- Ndeye Thioubou

- Sarah Holston

- Katie Quander

- Courtney Pascol

- McKenzie Stringer

- Gabby Anthony

- Ka'Isis Lee

*Now Available: A matching journal for a writing space of Black girls and a separate ally journal for Non-Black POCs and white allies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989776943
Publisher:	Lifeslice Media
Publication date:	08/28/2020
Pages:	122
Sales rank:	1,002,444
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.29(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Hi, I Am Olivia V. G. Clarke a student, leader, and activist in diversity work. I served as a leader on my school's Diversity Executive Board, planned diversity conferences, and led student-run faculty development activities. I'm a proud member of the 2019 and 2020 Black Girls Lead Class created by Black Girls Rock founder Beverly Bond. Additionally, I am a multi-year, full scholarship attendee of the Humanities and Cognitive Sciences Summer Institute at The Ohio State University. In 2018 I was selected to be a part of the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, a multicultural conference for high school student leaders in diversity. I also studied Korean as a 2020 and 2021 finalist of the NSLI-Y Summer Intensive Program through the United States State Department. I created BGWS as a 16-year-old senior and continue to work for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as a college sophomore at the University of Southern California. I like to hang out with my friends, dance, binge-watch K-Dramas, eat potatoes and listen to all kinds of music. And ducks. I love ducks.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Hello!

Welcome to Black Girl, White School. To whoever is reading this book - thank you for picking it up!

This book is a collection of poems, stories and anecdotes. Everything found between these pages was written by Black girls and women who are current or former students in predominantly white institutions FOR Black girls who have and are experiencing the same.

Students, parents, teachers, administrators or just casually curious readers - please pay close attention as you take a look into the minds of some amazing, powerful, and inspirational Black girls.

Table of Contents

1. CODE SWITCHING3

HOW ASSIMILATION CHANGED MY IDENTIFICATION WITH MY CULTURE5

By Tiara McKinney

IS IT KAY?

By Ka'Isis Lee

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

By Gabby Anthony

2. ON BLACKNESS

BLACK TO BASIC AND BACK

By Katie Quander

3. I'm Not Her...

SEE ME

By Courtney Pascol

4. BLACK GIRL MAGIC

CROWNS UPON MY HEAD

By Aminah Aliu

DEAR BLACK GIRL

By Tiia McKinney

FALLING IN LOVE WITH BLACKNESS: THE MAGIC OF A COLLECTIVE

By Tiia McKinney

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

By Ndeye Thioubou

REPEAT

By Gabrielle Clarke

5. MINORITIES UNITED

SISTER AFRICANA

By Sarah Holston

6. WHAT I WISH I HAD

YOU BELONG

By Marissa Glonek

WHO I WAS VS WHO I BECAME

By McKenzie Stringer

DEAR ME

Olivia V. G. Clarke

7. RESILIENCE

REMEMBER YOU ARE ENOUGH

By Yolanda Durden

8. PERMISSION TO BE VULNERABLE

MAKING AMENDS

By Aminah Aliu

9. AND...

THE WEIGHT OF A WHITE WORLD

By Soraya Patterson

DEAR YOUNGER ME

By Soraya Patterson

THE COLOR PURPLE

By Lydia Patterson

IMAGINE

By Makayla Terrell

COTTON KIN

By Aminah Aliu

Afterword

Notes

About the Editor

Also by Olivia V.G. Clarke

Editorial Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great resource. Easy read. Amazing stories. Incredible insights.

This book was such a treat and so powerful. I'd love to see it turned into an audiobook. It would be interesting to hear the girls and women speak their stories.

Olivia Clarke has a serious future as a writer, regardless of whatever else she chooses to pursue. It's amazing that a girl of her age conceptualized this book and took action to bring it to life.

This should be required reading for anyone wanting to teach. It provides insights and would allow any teacher to avoid pitfalls while making every Black girl (and boy) feel more welcome and seen.

-Micheal (Amazon Review)

5.0 out of 5 stars

Important reading, especially for white folk

Got it yesterday at 8 pm. Finished it today by 8:30 AM. Black Girl, White School is an insightful peek into experiences that will never be mine or my daughter's (We are white). Real people. Real experiences. Real feelings. Read them. HEAR them. Acknowledging our own biases is ... difficult. And scary. And disappointing. But the work is OURS to do. As Olivia's momma says in the afterword:

... Do not pity a Black girl in a white school. SEE her. SUPPORT her. LISTEN to her and BE FAIR to her. Be a consistent support system, good mentors, better friends and a strong ally. ���� ������ ��������. ������'�� ������������ ���������� ���������� ���������� ���� ���� ������ ���������� �������������� ���� ���������������������� ���������� ������������������ ���� ���������� ������.

I love the THRIVE tips throughout...

#blackgirlsmatter

-Eve, Amazon Review

5.0 out of 5 stars

A powerful look at the Black girl experience.

I loved reading the different perspectives from all of the women and girls who contributed to the book. They offer a look into a scholastic world where diversity is often defined as putting the few students of color on the academic promotion material but offering little in systemic support for these students.

In an education system that is structured in a way that pushes out and punishes Black girls for the color of their skin and because of adult bias against Black girls, this book shines a light on what these girls feel, and how they cope.

I loved the thrive tips peppered throughout the book as well.

A great first effort by the editor and a triumphant moment for Black girls in white schools everywhere. This is a perspective on the #blacklivesmatter movement that has not been amplified. #BlackGirlsMatter

-Big Reader (Amazon Review)

5.0 out of 5 stars

A must read!!!!! Great author

This book is strong, powerful and honest. It's thought provoking and insightful. My teen daughter and I both read it and look forward to hearing more from Olivia Clarke. She has an important voice. Strongly encourage every one to have their middle schoolers high schoolers read this book.

-Barbara Velasco (Amazon Review)

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