Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

The twentieth anniversary edition: a revealing look at the identities Black women must adopt to succeed in America—with a new introduction and updated content.

Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of Black women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women “shift” by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They shift “white” as they head to work in the morning and “Black” as they come back home each night.

Black women also shift inward, internalizing the searing pain of the negative stereotypes that they encounter daily. And sometimes they shift by fighting back. In commemoration of its twentieth year in print with a new Introduction and updated content throughout, this new edition of Shifting is a necessary, clear, and comprehensive portrait of the reality of Black women's lives today.

© 2024 HarperCollins e-books (E-bog): 9780061977114

Release date

E-bog: 16. april 2024