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You can't touch my hair, and other things I still have to explain, Phoebe Robinson

Label
You can't touch my hair, and other things I still have to explain, Phoebe Robinson
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
You can't touch my hair
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Phoebe Robinson
Sub title
and other things I still have to explain
Summary
Offers humorous, poignant essays describing the author's experience as a black woman in modern America, covering such topics as how she's been questioned over her love of U2 and why you can't touch her hair
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- From Little Rock Nine to nappy hair, don't care in eighteen & half-ish years -- A brief history of black hair in film, tv, music, & media -- My nine favorite guilty pleasures -- Welcome to being black -- Dear future female president: my list of demands -- How to avoid being the black friend -- Uppity -- Casting calls for people of color that were not written by people of color -- The angry black woman myth -- People, places, & things that need to do better -- Letters to Olivia
Target audience
adult
Content

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