Young, Gifted, and Black, Sheila Wise Rowe
Young, Gifted, and Black, Sheila Wise Rowe
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Young, Gifted, and Black
A Journey of Lament and Celebration

Author: Sheila Wise Rowe

Narrator: Sheila Wise Rowe

Unabridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022

Synopsis

"Young, gifted and black,/ Open your heart to what I mean . . ."

Nina Simone's popular anthem from the civil rights movement speaks to both the celebrations and trials of the Black experience.

Young, Gifted, and Black gives voice to the real-life stories of Black millennials and younger adults. If life was a race, it's assumed that every runner has a fair shot at winning. However, it's not always the case for young, gifted, and Black folks. Sheila Wise Rowe goes beyond the common narrative that focuses solely on their success or struggle. Her stories of celebration and lament point toward hope, joy, and healing.

Drawing from her years of experience in counseling trauma and abuse survivors, she provides stories, reflections, and tools for Black listeners of all ages and their allies. These stories offer an opportunity to explore, reflect, and journey toward healing from the barriers that affect their lives, the lives of their children, and their communities.

About Sheila Wise Rowe

Sheila Wise Rowe, the author of Healing Racial Trauma, holds a master's degree in counseling psychology. She has ministered to abuse and trauma survivors in the United States for over twenty-five years and in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a decade. Sheila has also taught counseling and trauma-related courses. She and her family live in the Boston area, where she is a writer, speaker, and spiritual director.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dorothy

Sheila Wise Rowe has provided an enormous gift—not only for those who are young, gifted, and Black, but for all People of Color, regardless of their age. Through real-life stories, Scripture, psychology, and hard-fought-for wisdom, Wise Rowe validates the struggles of growing up Black and gifted, sp......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas

Very few persons of color, especially Black persons, who have achieved and accomplished much, realize the costs of success in a culture that is heavily freighted with unresolved historical issues of racism and sexism. The messages that some have to internalize to advance a damaging to both body and......more

Goodreads review by Josh

"You are young, gifted and black" / We must begin to tell our young / There's a world waiting for you / Yours is the quest that's just begun. Nina Simone’s Civil Rights anthem To Be Young, Gifted, and Black debuted at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. Over fifty years later, Sheila Wise Rowe picks......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Reading this book was an eye-opening experience for me - a white, heterosexual male. I acknowledge that I am reading these stories as an outsider; an observer; from a position of privilege. I am also aware of the importance for people like me to hear these stories and learn from the experiences of p......more

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