Uncolonized Latinas transforming our mindsets and rising together
"In Valeria Aloe's Uncolonized Latinas: Transforming our Mindsets and Rising Together we discover that, in order to improve the world, we must first start with ourselves. This book takes us on a journey to do just that. Along the way we meet immigrant Latinas and daughters of immigrants who, through...
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New Degree Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Understanding where we come from. Powerful beyond our awareness and hungry for change
- How colonization shaped our cultures and identities
- How a colonial mindset creates inferiority, isolation, and victimization
- The untold stories of those who came as immigrants
- How trauma gets passed on to younger generations
- Unlearning and healing our colonial mindset. Decoding our sense of unworthiness
- Embracing the voice that tells you that you are not good enough
- Finding your voice as a child by navigating America for others
- Finding your voice as an adult by doing the inner work
- Overcoming the illusion that you need to do it all
- Competition among Latinos is real
- Grasping the impact of systemic bias and colorism. Addressing systemic bias by becoming human again
- Managing systemic bias by caring for yourself instead of tring to change 'them'
- Our fragmentation and colorism: Latinidad is diverse but not inclusive, yet
- Decoding how to best support yourself in your journey. Keys to transform your mindset and become unapologetically uncolonized
- Education, even when uncomfortable, is a necessary step toward upward mobility
- Building your personal brand with intention
- Building your network of allies, mentors, and sponsors
- Breaking the chain transforms our lives and that of generations to come
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix.
