Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell, was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 February 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
Discipline is the servant of inspiration.
Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.
You live your life between your ears.
Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can't we, as a nation, begin to speed up that process? We need a national campaign to destigmatize mental illness, especially one targeted toward African Americans. The message must go on billboards and in radio and TV public service announcements. It must be preached from pulpits and discussed in community forums. It's not shameful to have a mental illness. Get treatment. Recovery is possible.
As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.
I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the time that I really didn't mind.
When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.
My color is my joy and not my burden...
Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.
The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.
Knowing who you are begins in the mind.