Behind Our Book: The Audacious Perseverance of Colorism by Ekemini Uwan

Truth's Table

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode, Michelle and Christina are interviewing Ekemini about her book chapter on colorism in Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They ask her about the process of writing it, what were the challenges, and why this subject and more. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be in stores on April 26, 2022, so preorder your copy today: https://bookshop.org/books/truth-s-table-black-women-s-musings-on-life-love-and-liberation/9780593239735 Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase Show The World by Angela Dalton wherever books are sold! Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by...
0:01.9	Trousse Table, pre-order, trousse table, black women's musings on Life, Love, and Liberation at troussetable.com.
0:09.1	And Penguin Young Readers, publishers of children's books for all readers.
0:14.2	Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone.
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0:26.4	nonprofits, and small businesses to build tax-free wealth through affordable life insurance.
0:31.4	Visit JubileeFinancialServices at JubileeFinancialGroup.com.
0:37.2	Hey y'all, welcome to Trousse Table.
0:39.1	Midwives of Culture for Grace and Truth.
0:42.2	We're Michelle, Akemini, and Christina.
0:45.4	This table is built by black women and for black women.
0:49.2	Welcome to the table, sisters.
0:50.9	How y'all doing?
0:52.1	On this episode of Trousse Table, we're going to be getting into actually the very first chapter
0:58.9	of this brand new book.
1:00.8	Is it beautiful for those who can see it?
1:03.4	Trousse Table, black women's musings on Life, Love, and Liberation.
1:08.3	And that very first chapter is written by our one and only.
1:12.4	Akemini, the chapter is titled The Audacious Perseverance of Colorism.
1:17.3	And you are not going to want to miss reading this chapter.
1:20.5	So make sure you pre-order and get the book.
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