To Black Parents Visiting Earth: Raising Black Children in the 21st Century
Title: To Black Parents Visiting Earth: Raising Black Children in the 21st Century
Author: Janet Stickmon
Publisher: Broken Shackle Publishing: 2019
Format: Paperback; 175 pages; New
ISBN: 9780975990858
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DESCRIPTION
How would you explain today’s social climate to Black parents visiting from other planets? In a collection of letters with topics ranging from the politics of hair to generational wealth, Janet Stickmon writes to Black parents visiting Earth, offering practical advice on how to raise our Black children to be happy, confident, and resilient.
AUTHOR
Prof. Janet C. Mendoza Stickmon, author of Crushing Soft Rubies and Midnight Peaches, Two O’clock Patience, is a teacher, writer, and performer. Stickmon has taught ethnic studies, social justice, history of Christianity, spoken word and algebra at Salesian High School in Richmond, CA for several years. She is currently a professor of Humanities at Napa Valley College, teaching Filipina(o)-American Heritage, American Mind I and II, and Intro to Africana Studies. Prof. Stickmon is the founder and facilitator of Broken Shackle Developmental Training—a program that promotes the use of healing techniques to help reduce the effects of internalized racism. She is also a spoken word artist who has performed at several venues across the country. Through her literature and performances, she explores issues of love, motherhood, resilience, ancestral connection, and joy. Her books have been used in courses at several colleges and universities across the country. Stickmon holds a Master’s of the Arts Degree in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University, a Master’s of the Arts Degree in Religion and Society from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Her work has influenced thousands of adults and adolescents for nearly twenty years.