num_pages: 336
description: White women are one of the most influential demographics in Americawe are the largest voting bloc with purchasing power that exceeds anybody elses and when we unify to demand change we are a force to be reckoned with. Yet so many of us sit idly on the sidelines opting out of raising our hands to do learn and engage in ways that could make a difference. Why?White American women are no monolith. Yet as Womens March national organizer Jenna Arnold has learned over the past few years criss-crossing the US in conversations with white women about their identity and role in the country we do possess common characteristicsones that get in the way of us becoming more engaged as citizens. We're so focused on checking off our to-do lists or so afraid of getting it wrong or so busy trying to avoid conflict that we are actively avoiding the urgent conversations we need to have. We are confused about how we got here and unsure how to do better. Raising Our Hands is the reckoning cry for white women. It asks us to step up and join the new frontlines of the fight against complacencyin our homes in our behaviors and in our own minds.Consider Raising Our Hands your starting place your Intro to Being a White Woman in Todays World freshman-year class. In these pages Arnold peels back the history thats been kept out of textbooks and the cultural norms that are holding us back so we can finally start really listening to marginalized voices and doing our part to promote progress.The American white woman is a powerful forcean essential participantto mobilize alongside the rest of humanity on behalf of the world and we can no longer make excuses for why we dont have time or dont know enough. Raising Our Hands provides the tools we need to be the full productive participant the world has been waiting for.
language: English
title: Raising Our Hands
publisher: BenBella Books