My Sisters' Voices: Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out

In the tradition of the bestselling Ophelia Speaks a collection of provocative essays by teenage girls of color. My Sisters Voices is a passionate and poignant collection of writings from teenage girls of African American Hispanic Asian American Native American and biracial backgrounds. With candor and grace they speak out on topics that are relevant not only to themselves and their peers but to anyone who is raising teaching or nurturing young women of color. . As adolescents women and minorities these young authors represent a demographic that has had no voice of its own a group often spoken for but rarely given the opportunity to be heard. Now these young women have a chance to stand up and be counted to present their own unique perspectives in fresh and astonishing ways. Here youll find a Native American girl writing about the bumps in her relationship with her best friend whos white; a Korean American girl who wishes she could help her mother understand that its okay to socialize with boys as well as girls; and a biracial girl who feels she must be the designated spokesperson for blacks when shes around whites for whites when shes around blacks and for biracial people around everyone. These personal and inspiring stories about family friendship sex love poverty loss and oppression make My Sisters Voices essential reading for young women of all backgrounds.