I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace
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I’m Not Yelling is part strategy for savvy black business women navigating a predominantly white corporate America and part vessel empowering black women to find their voices in toxic work environments and be successful business women.
Statistical and anecdotal evidence guide the way. Explore the data and hear the accounts of Black women in business who face, work through, and rise above workplace discrimination.
Finding your voice as women entrepreneurs. Successful business women use their voice to become strong Black leaders who instill positive change in the workplace culture.
In I’m Not Yelling, you’ll find:
? Evidence to support the experiences of racial inequity and discrimination at work for Black business women.
? A narrative study of possible pitfalls, such as microaggressions, lack of mentoring, and pay inequity, their impact which will be explored to provide context to the misogynoir Black female entrepreneurs experience.
? Strategies and recommendations to give successful business women a framework for racial trauma healing, emotional support, and business success.
ASIN : B0CJTCCSZX
Publisher : Blackstone Pub
Publication date : March 28, 2023
Edition : Unabridged
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 979-8212022170
Item Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.88 x 5.88 x 0.75 inches
One Shopping Diva –
This Book Needs More Than 5 Stars
For Black women of any age and working in any sector, GET. THIS. BOOK.For white and non-Black people who are SERIOUS about furthering their learning journey to understand what Black women are navigating in the workplace and will NOT use this as a means to navel gaze, GET. THIS. BOOK.This book brilliantly and unapologetically weaves facts, lived experiences, and history into a powerful war cry for Black women who are working their way towards a beautiful light through a dark and sometimes dangerous dark tunnel that represents our toxic, exhaustive, and traumatizing workplaces.As a follower and supporter of Elizabeth Leiba and her work on LinkedIn, I bought both the hard copy and audiobook. So glad I did. The audiobook was beautifully narrated and brought Leibaâs words to life. I took every opportunity I sat in traffic to listen to the book on Audible via Car Play. I found the need to pull over a few times because I found myself yelling and hollering. While all the chapters were relevant to my workplace experiences, Chapter 6 on microagressions was the one that did me in. While Iâve read quite a bit about microaggressions from other Black folk, the way that Leiba explains this is the most digestible and relatable. That interview with Kanika Tolver was straight fire and the call out about the unresolved and unhealed baggage, drama, and trauma we carry from space to space and relationship to relationship was spot on â THAT was a pivotal âpull the damn car over, take a breath, and hollerâ moment.I love how each chapter ends with reflective questions and positive affirmations to reinforce and support our learning, healing, and our worth.My only disappointment about this book is that I canât give it more than 5 stars on this Amazon review. I donât do a lot of reviews on Amazon â so the fact that Iâm doing one is a testament of how much Black women need this book.Whether itâs a hard copy, audiobook, or both, just GET. THE. BOOK. Your safety, your sanity, and your soul will love and thank you.
JaneA Kelley –
Great history, great actionable steps to support Black women
I’m going to start out by saying I’m white, so you’ll know that white people read this book and find it inspiring and helpful. I had always been an “I’m not racist” person, thinking that was enough, until the murder of George Floyd made me realize that smugly sitting back and saying “I’m not racist” but not taking any direct action was simply not enough. Since that time I have deliberately taken the steps to educate myself about America’s long and dirty history with racism, systemic and institutional racism, and the overt and covert racism I’ve seen WITH MY OWN EYES (as opposed to being “brainwashed by liberalism and wokeness” or whatever the right-wingers will say about this).That is the frame of mind with which I came to this book: I want to learn so I can do better!With that in mind, “I’m Not Yelling” does not disappoint. Combining her own life experiences with research on racism, Elizabeth Leiba puts together an interesting, engaging, entertaining, and educational book that is a fantastic tool for Black women to succeed in the workplace AND for other people to understand at a heart level the experiences she and other Black women have faced in their careers and public lives.As a personal who is marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, I can take my experience of my own marginalization, read the experiences of marginalization of Black women, and understand that my own marginalization would be exponentially more difficult to manage if I were also Black. This has given me tremendous compassion for people who came into the game of life set on “damn near impossible” mode (as opposed to my life on “hard mode”).I would strongly encourage white people to read this book and take its content to heart. Use it to find compassion for Black women (and Black people as a whole) and learn how you can stand up for your Black colleagues and friends when they face microaggressions (or MACROaggressions) or are “slow tracked” in their careers.
Glenn Brown –
A Tour de Force
Elizabeth Leiba is an educator and podcaster who is also one of the leading voices on LinkedIn for social justice, diversity and inclusion. Her debut book “Iâm Not Yelling: A Black Womanâs Guide to Navigating the Workplace” is an excellent display of her talent as a writer, scholar and advocate. It is one part personal story, one part impeccably researched discussion of the insidious impact of racism on Black Women and one part love letter to those very same Black Women as they try to navigate their careers in a world where their contributions are ignored and their voices are squelched.The book is deeply personal – she delves into her being transplanted from the UK to the US, her navigating this new culture both in majority Black and majority White spaces, and her experiences of what can only be described as out and out racism. It also describes the watershed moment where she is determined to stop code switching and start being her authentic self – and the personal liberation that comes from doing that.True to her academic background the book is also impeccably researched – she delves into the work of seminal Black leaders like Maya Angelou and WEB DuBois but also wrestles with modern day psychological studies of the impact of microagressions on Black Women in the work place and the world at large.It’s also an incredibly insightful book. She has made me rethink mentorship – expanding the idea to more than just a senior-junior relationship. Her flipping the script on so-called imposter syndrome is also a must read.All in all this is a fantastic work by an author who I hope will be putting out more work down the road. Thank you Elizabeth for this fantastic book!
Dr.Paula C. –
A must read for anyone, regardless of skin colour, who have people of skin colours, other than their own in their circle. As a white woman, I found “I’m Not Yelling” broadened my perspective, provided me with opportunities for self-evaluation, and increased my understanding, Thank you Elizabeth Liaba
Sabrina Hewitt –
I donât usually write reviews but this book definitely deserves one!This book has opened my eyes to so much as well as allow me to know Iâm not alone with my thoughts and experiences of being a black female in the workplace. I was able to relate to this book on so many levels. Elizabeth was able to highlight the micro aggressions we face daily and let us know these are real things that are happening. I could go on for days writing about how positive I think this book is!Queens, this is one for all of us! ð
Nikki –
I have never felt more understood from a book
Hannah Litt –
This book is a love letter written with pure heart by Liz. This book managed to evoke every emotion possible in my soul. Itâs an amazing book that every Black and brown woman should read and have pride of place on their bookshelf
S.Stoddart –
I thought my experiences were isolated until I read this book.It will educate you and help you to be your authentic self in White spaces.