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A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson.
Being a Black woman in American means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities. Robinson uses her trademark wit to examine our cultural climate and skewer our biases with humor and heart.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
#1 The fear of black hair has been an ever-present part of America's social history. Black hair is usually a reminder of Otherness, and people have historically not handled Otherness well.
#2 Black hair is still treated as an object that does not belong to us, but is fair game to be discussed, mocked, judged, used, and abused.
#3 Black women's hair is not just expensive and time-consuming,...
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"In the style of New York Times bestsellers You Can't Touch My Hair, Bad Feminist, and I'm Judging You, a timely collection of alternately hysterical and soul-searching essays about what it is like to grow up as a creative, sensitive black man in a world that constantly tries to deride and diminish your humanity. It hasn't been easy being Michael Arceneaux. Equality for LGBT people has come a long way and all, but voices of persons of color within...