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Austin Channing BrownI'm Still Here$14.99
Austin Channing Brown
$14.99I'm Still Here
Have you ever read a book that you felt was written just for you? For me, this was that book! Austin Channing Brown starts her story with her background and why her parents named her Austin (I won’t spoil it), and then she branches into her life as a Black woman in the church.
I found Austin’s experiences and sentiments very relatable. She spoke directly to what I’ve been thinking and feeling for quite some time in this book. With a religious overtone, she questions the relationship between Whiteness and Christianity. And, without a doubt, if any institution is to be anti-racist, it should be the church.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case for many churches, and Austin speaks directly to the hypocrisy and racism in the church. She provides a guide to surviving racism in an organization that claims to be anti-racist as an interlude.
I found Austin’s experiences and sentiments very relatable. She spoke directly to what I’ve been thinking and feeling for quite some time in this book. With a religious overtone, she questions the relationship between Whiteness and Christianity. And, without a doubt, if any institution is to be anti-racist, it should be the church.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case for many churches, and Austin speaks directly to the hypocrisy and racism in the church. She provides a guide to surviving racism in an organization that claims to be anti-racist as an interlude.