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Black Sheep

A Story of Rural Racism, Identity and Hope

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Black Sheep

By: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
Narrated by: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
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Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is a 43-year-old mother of four and grandmother of two, an award-winning businesswoman, an ultrarunner, a social justice activist and a recovering alcoholic. She is a mixed-raced woman, the daughter of a white Scottish Roman Catholic woman and a Black Church of England man. When she was two, her parents separated and Sabrina, her mother and her white-presenting younger sister moved to a small market town where no one looked like her. From as young as she can remember, she was the subject of verbal and physical racist abuse.

In Black Sheep, Sabrina reveals how she got from there to here: about growing up in a home, a school and a town where no-one looked like her and her subsequent struggle to understand and find her identity; about her lived experience of rural racism; about becoming a teenage mother and her determination to break that stereotype; about her battle with alcoholism and her mental health; about how running saved her life and ultimately about how someone can not only survive but thrive in spite of their past.

Sabrina's experience will chime with anyone who has felt like an outsider. Poignant and eye-opening, and exploring themes of trauma, identity, mental health and addiction, Black Sheep is a tale of triumph: of grit and determination, of hope over despair.

©2022 Sabrina Pace-Humphreys (P)2022 Quercus Editions Limited
Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Women Discrimination Social justice Inspiring
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I grew up in a small rural town in Northern Ireland with Scottish relatives. The people I grew up around were the nicest of people and not necessarily deliberately racist but we all were. Women, men, children of colour stood out, were different and I’m ashamed to admit we hesitated to befriend.
I’m so sorry for what you went through Sabrina and that people refuse to acknowledge their role in it.

I first heard about your journey on the Women’s Running podcast. You are an absolute legend. You’ve fought racism, mental illness & alcohol related problems.
You inspire me to be a better woman, a better runner, a better role model for my parents & hopefully a better human being

I truly enjoyed your book and hearing of your achievements.

Those men who ran past whilst you struggled to get back on the path and could have slipped to your death….shameful. Whether it was because you were a woman, a woman of colour or whatever their reason…. Assholes!!

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