I'm an African American 20(F) really starting to get interested into how people treat people, why people do the things they do, toxicity with parents and they developing into our adult years. I also am intrigued by society norms, social norms, behavioral practices and emotional intelligence and support. Are there any book recommendations that talk about this, show studies of this, talk about african american emotional/behavioral studies etc. I'm open to anything! Thank you so much! I also put a list below of things I saw online that was interesting to me in case that helps with recs.
- Parents not teaching their kids proper etiquette like temper tantrums, treating strangers terrible etc.
- African American parents and them letting their husbands slide with being disrespectful to daughters/women
- Young Adult emotional trauma and distress
- Psychological study about growing up and learning about ourselves
- Politics & Health care being negative and not caring for people they are supposed to
- White people and experiences/viewpoints about people of color.
by panacea_iio
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Among other things, you’d probably like some of Robert Greene’s work – 48 Laws of Power, Laws of Human Nature jump out.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People touches into some of the topics as well.
Here are a few quite disparate suggestions, none of them address everything you’re saying but they all address at least something.
*Laziness does not exist* by Devon Price
*Becoming kin* by Patty Krawec
*Dear Ijeawele* by Chimamanda Adichie
*Bullshit jobs* by David Graeber
*Red deal* by Red Nation
*The serviceberry* by Robin Wall Kimmerer
*What is antiracism and why it means anticapitalism* by Arun Kundnani