{"id":6280,"date":"2022-10-16T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:45:58","slug":"hunter-journalism-professor-releases-book-power-the-rise-of-black-women-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2022\/10\/16\/hunter-journalism-professor-releases-book-power-the-rise-of-black-women-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Journalism Professor Releases Book, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Power:<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Professor Charity Elder contends that there is no better time to be a Black woman in America in her first book titled, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder reveals that success is an inherent trait in Black women. After pairing data compiled from the US Census\u2013including growth of median wages, college attendance and professional and managerial roles\u2013and national polling focused on Black women\u2019s view on personal successes, she found that 70% of Black women in America say they are successful or have it within their power to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder not only focuses on data, but real stories\u2013both personal and historical\u2013to help reframe and shape what it means to be a Black woman today. Referencing the uptick in books detailing Black women, their stories and their \u201cfirsts,\u201d Elder acknowledges the importance of those stories but says Power<\/em> emphasizes intentionality and how to recognize\u2013then use\u2013personal power in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder utilizes the phrase \u201cliving a lemonade lifestyle,\u201d to illustrate her main point. She explains that by taking the bitter lemons thrust on Black women from white supremacy, the patriarchy, colonialism, imperialism and capitalism, Black women now possess the \u201csecret sauce\u201d to turn that bitterness into sweet lemonade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipe, she says, is composed of four parts: foremothers, the sisterhood, ingrained creativity and a vast community of faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy goal is really to encourage Black women and propel them forward. To let them know that despite oppressions\u2026we have not been broken, and in fact, we are rising,\u201d said Elder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Elder recognizes the continuing struggle and the impossibility of perfection, her aim centers on building a community and achieving goals despite setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt isn\u2019t about us doing some miracle work for somebody else, because we\u2019ve been doing that for too long,\u201d Elder said. \u201cIt\u2019s time we reorient our focus to how we create lives of meaning and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Power: The Rise of Black Women in America<\/em> can be purchased here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/power-the-rise-of-black-women-in-america\/9781510770027<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information and to attend future book events, see Charity Elder’s website here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.charityelder.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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