A review by bak8382
We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain

5.0

I've been wanting to branch out on reading books from different parenting perspectives, as most of the books I've read have been written by middle class white women, and while that describes me as well I knew I would benefit from other people's perspectives. I heard McClain speak on The Double Shift Podcast, https://www.thedoubleshift.com/episodes/s3-episode-03-caring-for-each-other and picked up her book from the library. Reading this definitely puts my worries about parenting in perspective. My kids and I live in a world that is very accepting of us, so consequently all my worries about parenting choices, really pale in comparison to the worries of black mothers, who at every step of the parenting journey have road blocks thrown up against them. It's a powerful and important book representing a perspective that we do not see enough in parenting books.