Kate Slater

We'll All Be Free

Christian Living

“In We’ll All Be Free, Caroline J. Sumlin writes, ‘For us to heal, to reclaim our worth, we must not only dig deep enough to discover the roots of our collective feelings of unworthiness but also dig deep enough to pull them all out together. . . . Remember, we cannot actively uproot a problem if we cannot find the roots to begin with.’ Equal parts historical retelling, memoir, and roadmap, We’ll All Be Free is one of a kind. Sumlin prompts readers to grasp at the roots of our own personal traumas and then draws explicit connections between feelings of unworthiness and the insidiousness of white supremacy culture, which has shaped each of us from our earliest memories. Sumlin asks all of us to uproot internalized feelings of inferiority and self-doubt within the context of the perfectionism and toxic bootstrapping of white supremacy culture. We’ll All Be Free is both expansive and intimate; it is sweeping in its historical research and also breathtaking in its rawness and vulnerability. Sumlin’s debut work is a must-read for . . . well, all of us.”