My Sisters' Voices

Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out

Author: Iris Jacob
ISBN: 9780805068214

In the tradition of the bestselling Ophelia Speaks, a collection of provocative essays by teenage girls of colorMy Sisters' Voices is a passionate and poignant collection of writings from teenage girls of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and biracial backgrounds. With candor and grace, they speak out on topics that are relevant not only to themselves and their peers but to anyone who is raising, teaching, or nurturing young women of color. As adolescents, women, and minorities, these young authors represent a demographic that has had no voice of its own, a group often spoken for but rarely given the opportunity to be heard. Now these young women have a chance to stand up and be counted, to present their own unique perspectives in fresh and astonishing ways. Here you'll find a Native American girl writing about the bumps in her relationship with her best friend, who's white; a Korean American girl who wishes she could help her mother understand that it's okay

Publisher: Macmillan
Publish Date: 2002-04-03

Subjects: Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Teenagers, Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Girl's Studies)