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Colorism Essays and Poems

Colorism Essays and Poems

Publisher Marketing: How does colorism impact people from different cultures? How can we have productive conversations about colorism with our family, friends, students, or coworkers? How can we start to...

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Publisher Marketing:
How does colorism impact people from different cultures? How can we have productive conversations about colorism with our family, friends, students, or coworkers? How can we start to solve this problem and start to heal from colorism?

The Colorism Healing anthologies are a great resource for answering these questions and more! Whether you use this book for your own personal discovery or share it with others as a way to spark conversation, anyone who reads this collection will find inspiration and insight for addressing colorism. This book is especially recommended for Black and Brown teenage girls and the adults who care about them.

The Colorism: Essays & Poems anthology features the best writing submitted to the 2017 Colorism Healing Writing Contest. Representing diverse voices, ages, languages, ethnicities, and styles, this collection offers a global picture of colorism's impact on individual lives. Writers in this volume explore a range of themes including family dynamics, the trauma of colonialism and slavery, skin bleaching, self-love, the healing process, and more.

Readers also benefit from expanded engagement with the text and the topic through updated discussion questions and writing prompts, perfect for journaling, youth book clubs, educators and classroom activities, counselors who work with young adults, parents, and anyone interested in deeper reflection on colorism.

As always, the CHWC is a multicultural project that provides exposure for diverse writers who represent a wide range of ethnicities, races, ages, and complexions. Their voices attest to the myriad complexities of colorism and engage in personal reflections on healing.

Features of this Book:
  • Introduction explaining the basic concept of colorism
  • Poems about Colorism
  • Essays about Colorism
  • Diverse, International, Multicultural Authors
  • Author bios
  • Discussion Questions that can be used for journaling, family conversations, class discussion, or other group dialogue
  • Critical Thinking and Creative Writing Prompts that can be used for journaling, family activities, and classroom assignments
  • Gorgeous cover designed by artists of color
  • Teenage girls and women of color authors

What is the Colorism Healing Writing Contest?

The International Colorism Healing Writing Contest is the Flagship Project of Colorism Healing, founded by Dr. Sarah L. Webb in 2013.

The contest has attracted world-class and award-winning guest judges and hundreds of diverse writers from around the world.

The purpose of the writing contest is to:
  1. Raise awareness and inform all people about colorism as a global problem
  2. Provide a productive and creative outlet for self-expression and healing

Buy today and experience the power of collective truth telling!



Author: Webb, Sarah L
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2017-09-25
BISAC: Literary Collections|General|Philosophy|Movements|Analytic
Weight: 0.27 lbs
ISBN: 9781976293276
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781976293276

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