My Grandmother's Hands
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centred psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies.
Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americansâour police. My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognise that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialised divide.
My Grandmother's Hands paves the way for a new, body-centred understanding of white supremacyâhow it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. It offers a step-by-step solutionâa healing processâin addition to incisive social commentary.
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The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centred psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies.
Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americansâour police. My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognise that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialised divide.
My Grandmother's Hands paves the way for a new, body-centred understanding of white supremacyâhow it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. It offers a step-by-step solutionâa healing processâin addition to incisive social commentary.
