Promotions - Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles 2023 -

In this collection, editors Davis (Indiana Univ. Kokomo) and Bowman (Ball State Univ.) present an ensemble of Black women professionals offering their perspectives on gendered racism in America. This text is refreshingly conversational while underscoring its main points with scholarly citations--which in itself speaks to a recurring refrain throughout the book: Black women have been writing about intersectional oppression for quite some time. The book is a demonstration of Black women's scholarly creativity, in that contributing authors use narrative form in unique ways. For example, Jovan Shumpert's "We Don't Owe You a Smile" includes screenshots of a text exchange between the author and a colleague. The personal examples throughout the book span a lifetime, from early childhood to the present. This collection serves as a powerful reminder that certain concepts with "fancy" academic labels (for example, "stereotype threat" and "privilege" will be familiar to many readers) represent pervasive lived experiences in everyday, ordinary interactions. The editors conclude their introduction with an incredibly practical application section, something often glaringly missing from other texts on similar topics. They outline how various different types of readers can and should use the text--explicitly addressing a range of possible readers from administrators to employers, including educators and lay (white) people, and of course, Black women.Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.