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A review by balladofreadingqueer
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
I was resistant to this book, I don’t understand or think about embodiment and embodied practice, I prefer to ‘intellectualise’.
But this book challenged that and encouraged me to think of myself and others as embodied, i did the practices and allowed myself to participate despite my reservations. I read this book in community with other white people trying to deepen antiracist practice. I would highly recommend finding people to discuss this with and do the exercises with.
I still feel unsure or anxious about understanding race and embodiment but I want to work on it and continue to challenge myself.
But this book challenged that and encouraged me to think of myself and others as embodied, i did the practices and allowed myself to participate despite my reservations. I read this book in community with other white people trying to deepen antiracist practice. I would highly recommend finding people to discuss this with and do the exercises with.
I still feel unsure or anxious about understanding race and embodiment but I want to work on it and continue to challenge myself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism