I Am Not Your Mammy

I Am Not Your Mammy: Care, Expectation, and Invisible Labor examines how Black women are routinely positioned as caregivers, stabilizers, and problem-solvers—and how unspoken expectations quietly turn their competence into invisible labor at work, in church, and at home. Drawing on research, cultural insight, and lived experience, the book names the hidden patterns that ask capable women to carry what systems, relationships, and institutions should be carrying themselves. It invites readers to recognize these dynamics, understand their cost, and begin reshaping expectations around care, responsibility, and respect.