We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America Audiobook (Free)

In the row houses of Baltimore towards the stoops of Brooklyn, the brand new York Times bestselling writer of The Cook Up lays bare the voices of the very most vulnerable and allows their stories to uncover the systematic injustice threaded in your society. Honest and eye-opening, the pages of We Speak for Ourselves “are full of knowledge and wit; integrity and like, not forgetting enough laughs for any stand-up comedy routine” (Mitchell S. Jackson, author of Survival Mathematics).

Watkins introduces you to about We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America Down Bottom level, the storied community of East Baltimore that keeps a mirror to America’s poor black neighborhoods—“hoods” that could just as easily maintain Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, or Atlanta. As Watkins views it, the perspective of individuals who live in financially disadvantaged black communities is basically absent through the commentary of many best intellectuals who speak and write about race.

Unapologetic and sharp-witted, D. Watkins is here to be honest as he has seen it. We Speak for Ourselves provides an in-depth analysis of inner-city hurdles and honors the stories therein. We sit in underfunded universities, walk the blocks burdened with law enforcement corruption, stand in a market of Make America Great Once again hats, journey from trap house to school lecture, and rally in neglected roads. And we pay attention.

“Watkins offers come to remind us, everyone deserves the opportunity to speak for themselves” (Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author) and acts desire to fellow Americans who are all too often ignored and contacting others to examine what this means to be a model activist in today’s globe. We Speak for Ourselves can be a must-read for everyone who are committed to social change.