{"product_id":"finding-the-beautiful-path-jeremiah-j-sims-9783034359528","title":"Finding the Beautiful Path: On Blackness, Multidimensionality, and Radical Becoming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding the Beautiful Path: On Blackness, Multidimensionality, and Radical becoming\u003c\/em\u003e is memoir, which is a story of resistance, healing, and most of all love. Drawing on my lived experience and scholarly journey-from the streets of Richmond to the halls of UC Berkeley-I offer a deeply personal meditation on what it means to be Black, whole, and free in a world hellbent on your erasure. This is not just theory; it's testimony. It's not just critique; it's love. Through the lenses of Critical Race Theory, trauma studies, and radical love, I trace the ways Blackness has been flattened, feared, and criminalized-while affirming Black life in its full, multidimensional radiance. This book is an offering-a radical invitation to re-member us and imagine otherwise. Because we are not nouns to be defined by trauma; we are verbs. We are movement. We are always becoming. This is the realest work I've ever written. Not because I had to-but because I needed to. Because finding the beautiful path is not just possible-it's urgent. And it begins with telling the truth. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeremiah Sims' \"Beautiful Path\" begins at the intersection of autoethnography and critical race theory where \"Blackness, Multidimensionality, and Radical Becoming\" collide with racism and anti-blackness. But the wounds and scars of this collision, as Dr. Sims so eloquently reveals, can ultimately heal. Autoethnography uses self-reflection and analysis of personal experiences to explore and explain larger cultural, political, social, and historical issues. Jeremiah's cogent, compelling narratives of his experiences as a Black man, husband, father, friend, colleague, and Christian on the path to Radical Love and Becoming critically counters narratives and practices of white supremacy that only perpetuate hate and fear. -Jabari Mahiri, Ph.D., Professor of Education, UC Berkeley and Faculty Director of the Leadership Programs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremiah J. Sims\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3034359527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783034359528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Jeremiah J. Sims","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659963674879,"sku":"9783034359528","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8a4683f-1e93-468a-8cbd-264667f52d05.jpg?v=1781204287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-the-beautiful-path-jeremiah-j-sims-9783034359528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}