![]() ![]() De Gruy Leary is excellent on the trauma of slavery, and her personal stories (on how to teach and motivate a group of learning-disabled African-American tweens, for example) are illuminating. ![]() It takes conscious, disciplined effort to break the chain of abuse, and surely there can be no worse abuse that that endured by the enslaved peoples - African and otherwise - of the Americas. ![]() Trauma DOES get handed down in families! Surely that is inarguable by now. Much of her historical information is illuminating, and her main argument - that, due to their history of slavery, African-Americans perforce had to learn methods of coping that have been handed down through the generations, and which are no longer serving them well - simply makes sense. De Gruy Leary seems a gentle person who writes with a simple, clear, style. It's amazing to me, looking on Amazon, how divisive this book is. Every adult American should read it, for it offers much substance in spite of its flaws. A frustrating, thought-provoking and important book. ![]()
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