Books like I'm still here by Austin Channing Brown
On her seventh birthday, Austin Channing Brown learned her parents named her Austin to conceal her biracial identity from a future that viewed white as safe. Growing up in majority‑white schools, churches, and organizations, she witnessed firsthand the subtle and overt barriers that persist in American society. As a writer, speaker, and inclusion consultant, Brown has spent her career challenging the gap between stated diversity goals and actual practice. Her book critiques the role of white middle‑class evangelicalism in perpetuating racial hostility and calls for personal accountability, confronting apathy, and embracing the true Christian mission to work toward racial justice.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Austin Channing Brown
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