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The Resource The mamas : what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me, Helena Andrews-Dyer

The mamas : what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me, Helena Andrews-Dyer

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"A Washington Post culture writer chronicles the challenges she faces as a Black mother in a mostly white mommy group in a time of gentrification, racial reckoning, and a global pandemic. Helena Andrews-Dyer lives in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a picturesque collection of rowhouses near the center of the city that has become increasingly gentrified in the last decade. After having her first child a few years ago, she joined the local motherhood support group-"the Mamas"-and was surprised to find she was one of the only Black mothers. The racial, cultural, and socio-economic differences were made clear almost immediately. Then George Floyd happened. A man was murdered. A man who called out for his mama. And suddenly, the Mamas felt even more different. Though they were alike in some ways-they want their kids to be safe, they think their husbands are lazy, they work too much and they feel guilty about it-Helena realized she had an entirely different set of problems her neighborhood mom friends could never truly understand. In The Mamas, Helena chronicles the particular challenges she faces in a group where a reading list is the first step to solving systemic racism and where she, a Black, professional, Ivy League-educated mom, is overcompensating with every move. And Helena grapples with her own inner tensions like, "Why do I never leave the house with the baby and without my wedding ring?" and "Why did every name we considered for our kids have to pass the résumé test?" Throw in a pandemic and a nationwide movement for social justice and follow Helena as she ultimately tries to answer: "Can white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends, not just mom friends, like really real friends?" With sharp wit and refreshing honesty, The Mamas explores the contradictions and community of motherhood-white and Black and everything-against the backdrop of the rapidly changing world"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 213 pages
Contents
  • Group
  • Drinking the cognac
  • Secret white meetings
  • Super cool moms
  • Ain't I a gentrifier?
  • The invisible mom
  • Your mom's vagina
  • Those fucking girls
  • That other talk
  • What's in a name
Isbn
9780593240311
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The mamas : what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me
Title
The mamas
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what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me
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Helena Andrews-Dyer
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"A Washington Post culture writer chronicles the challenges she faces as a Black mother in a mostly white mommy group in a time of gentrification, racial reckoning, and a global pandemic. Helena Andrews-Dyer lives in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a picturesque collection of rowhouses near the center of the city that has become increasingly gentrified in the last decade. After having her first child a few years ago, she joined the local motherhood support group-"the Mamas"-and was surprised to find she was one of the only Black mothers. The racial, cultural, and socio-economic differences were made clear almost immediately. Then George Floyd happened. A man was murdered. A man who called out for his mama. And suddenly, the Mamas felt even more different. Though they were alike in some ways-they want their kids to be safe, they think their husbands are lazy, they work too much and they feel guilty about it-Helena realized she had an entirely different set of problems her neighborhood mom friends could never truly understand. In The Mamas, Helena chronicles the particular challenges she faces in a group where a reading list is the first step to solving systemic racism and where she, a Black, professional, Ivy League-educated mom, is overcompensating with every move. And Helena grapples with her own inner tensions like, "Why do I never leave the house with the baby and without my wedding ring?" and "Why did every name we considered for our kids have to pass the résumé test?" Throw in a pandemic and a nationwide movement for social justice and follow Helena as she ultimately tries to answer: "Can white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends, not just mom friends, like really real friends?" With sharp wit and refreshing honesty, The Mamas explores the contradictions and community of motherhood-white and Black and everything-against the backdrop of the rapidly changing world"--
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contains biographical information
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Andrews-Dyer, Helena
Dewey number
306.874/3089960753
Index
no index present
LC call number
HQ759
LC item number
.A533 2022
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Race relations
  • African American mothers
  • Mothers
  • Washington (D.C.)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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The mamas : what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me, Helena Andrews-Dyer
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213)
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Group -- Drinking the cognac -- Secret white meetings -- Super cool moms -- Ain't I a gentrifier? -- The invisible mom -- Your mom's vagina -- Those fucking girls -- That other talk -- What's in a name
Control code
on1304833419
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 213 pages
Isbn
9780593240311
Lccn
2022000923
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1304833419
Label
The mamas : what I learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me, Helena Andrews-Dyer
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Group -- Drinking the cognac -- Secret white meetings -- Super cool moms -- Ain't I a gentrifier? -- The invisible mom -- Your mom's vagina -- Those fucking girls -- That other talk -- What's in a name
Control code
on1304833419
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 213 pages
Isbn
9780593240311
Lccn
2022000923
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1304833419

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