Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible

Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible
Yomi Adegoke

Elizabeth Uviebinené

‘Arguably the book for 2018’ Arifa Akbar, ObserverThe long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.‘This book is a gift for anyone who wants to better understand what Black women and girls are up against – and the tremendous resources they draw upon as they make their way in the world’ Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.OrgSlay In Your Lane is a brilliant book about what it is like to be a woman, black and a Londoner in 2018. Everyone should read it’ Sadiq Khan‘Black women today are well past making waves – we’re currently creating something of a tsunami. Women who look like us, grew up in similar places to us, talk like us, are shaping almost every sector of society.’From education to work to dating, this inspirational, honest and provocative book recognises and celebrates the strides black women have already made, while providing practical advice for those who want to do the same and forge a better, visible future.Illustrated with stories from best friends Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke’s own lives, and using interviews with dozens of the most successful black women in Britain – including BAFTA Award-winning director Amma Asante, British Vogue publisher Vanessa Kingori and Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis – Slay In Your Lane is essential reading for a generation of black women inspired to find success in every area of their lives.

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Dedication (#ud19a9d54-6548-5579-a064-8d337269503e)

For Yem, who taught me to ‘Slay In My Lane’ before I knew what it meant to, and for Yinks, who inspires me to do so daily, and more than she will ever know.

Yomi

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In loving memory of Ingrid & Sidwell, thank you for everything.

Elizabeth

Contents

Cover (#u14f0aeea-ad09-5498-88df-5bc0d6eedc52)

Title Page (#u7cf4e4ac-9ab5-5828-bfa9-208db41a67a6)

Copyright

Dedication

Interviewees

Foreword by Karen Blackett

Introduction

‘It’s Always a Race Thing With Her’ (#u1f916bf2-90f8-5a8b-9811-1635a94fc92a)

Education

Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer (#u706f046c-3985-5a5f-8b5c-90fe3d0b9f98)

Black Faces in White Spaces (#uddc28587-a4fe-5f04-81f4-fa6c27447ca9)

Work

Work Twice as Hard to Get Half as Good (#u8793a4d5-26d2-5b58-a88c-75dbc887fb68)

Water Cooler Microaggressions (#litres_trial_promo)

***Flawless (#litres_trial_promo)

Getting Ahead

Independent Women (#litres_trial_promo)

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade (#litres_trial_promo)

Representation

Being Susan Storm (#litres_trial_promo)

Fifty Shades of Beige (#litres_trial_promo)

#RepresentationMatters (#litres_trial_promo)

Dating

Does He Like Black Girls? (#litres_trial_promo)

No Scrubs (#litres_trial_promo)