I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

May 2018 · Sold by Convergent Books

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America’s love affair with “diversity” so often falls short of its ideals.

“Austin Channing Brown introduces herself as a master memoirist. This book will break open hearts and minds.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed

Austin Channing Brown’s first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools and churches, Austin writes, “I had to learn what it means to love blackness,” a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America’s racial divide as a writer, speaker, and expert helping organizations practice genuine inclusion.

In a time when nearly every institution (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claims to value diversity in its mission statement, Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice. Her stories bear witness to the complexity of America’s social fabric—from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.

For readers who have engaged with America’s legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I’m Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God’s ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness—if we let it—can save us all.

Ratings and reviews

Of course the noses are commenting spilling out jealous antlwhlte hate like always they are the problem and liars that want a lowlQMlxed groups in society. If anyone should be defunded its them. We deserve reparations and justice from those jealous lying deceitful criminals for past and present crimes. Look up,GulagMagadan,CelticFilms also look up ProfTonyMartin. They should read and watch those documents I listed revealing the truth about them of course there is more but I cant put it on here since they despise truth. One last name is, - berg,should wake up its the other way around the real inequality and injustice is done to WhltePeople esp by them. Also our hidden history to push multlculture. Most jobs hire nonwhltes over whltes to.

In this excellent account of her life, Austin Channing Brown paints a picture of a life rife with constant and subtle slights punctuated by more notable offenses. She creates a window into her life that allow others, especially those in the majority culture of the United States, to better grasp the frequent frustration and disappointment that black women face on a regular basis. This quick read is a wonderful and saddening narrative with significant depth and reflection. While it is a story, it should be easy for white readers, like myself, to walk away with a number of takeaway that will influence how they live and interact with those around him or herself.

Wow the eternal n a r c l s s l s t l c victim card like the corrupt few on top who btw were theSlve0wners notWhtePeople. ProfTonyMartin proves this.

About the author

Austin Channing Brown is a speaker, writer, and media producer providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America. She is the author of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness and the executive producer of the web series The Next Question. Her writing and work have been featured by outlets such as On Being, Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, Sojourners, Shondaland, and WNYC.