We Deserve to Heal

"We tell these parts of our stories in order to heal from hurt and honor the ways we have been healing."—Patrice Gopo, from the introduction Can Black women have thriving friendships with white women in a society steeped in the realities of racism? Can such friendships experience the presence of genuine mutuality? We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils and Promises of Friendship with White Women features essays from ten intergenerational Black women who consider these questions through di