You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience: An Anthology by Tarana Burke & Brené Brown

Author:Tarana Burke & Brené Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Literary Collections, General
ISBN: 9781473596634
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2021-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

FEELING THE BLUES: THE POLITICS OF VULNERABILITY

I’m guilty at times of running from vulnerability. Whoever is vulnerable, at risk, disposable, and dispensable is at the heart of the politics of vulnerability. Our identities matter, and safety about who we are vulnerable with is important. Should I be vulnerable with white men who fear me? Should I be vulnerable with police who dehumanize me? These questions are important for us to weave the connection to how vulnerability can cultivate healing-centered engagement with young people.

Studies of vulnerability, in general, have examined a range of disabling qualities and diminished capacities resulting from a place of helplessness or shortcoming. Brené Brown came along and completely changed the game, showing us the power that can come from discovering vulnerability in our personal and professional lives. But I’m also mindful that there is a politics of vulnerability when working with youth. Some of us can afford to be more vulnerable than others. Power, privilege, security are all conditions that can affect who is vulnerable, the consequences of being vulnerable, and what we gain from being vulnerable in our relationships with young people. So we also have to understand how issues of race, gender identity, social class, and power all determine the consequences of our vulnerability.

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