Title The sisters are alright : changing the broken narrative of black women in America / Tamara Winfrey Harris. [Boundless electronic resource]

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Berrett-Koehler Pub., 2015.

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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3105078~S1

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Contents	Introduction: The trouble with black women -- Beauty : pretty for a black girl -- Sex : bump and grind -- Marriage : witches, thornbacks, and sapphires -- Motherhood : between Mammy and a hard place -- Anger : twist and shout -- Strength : precious mettle -- Health : fat, sick, and crazy -- Epilogue: The sisters are alright.
Summary	"Everyone seems to have an opinion about American black women--they need to get married, change their hair, act like 'ladies, ' and so on. Celebrated writer Tamara Winfrey Harris writes a searing account of being a black woman in America and explains why it's time for black women to speak for themselves"--Provided by publisher.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Chronological Term	Since 1980
Subject	African American women -- Social conditions.
	African American women -- Public opinion.
	African American women -- Biography.
	Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.
	Racism -- United States.
	Sexism -- United States.
	Public opinion -- United States.
	African American women.
	African American women -- Social conditions.
	Public opinion.
	Race relations.
	Racism.
	Sexism.
	Social conditions.
	Stereotypes (Social psychology)
	United States -- Race relations.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
	United States.
Genre	Electronic books.
	Biography.
Added Author	Boundless (Digital media service)
ISBN	9781626563537 : $31.95
	1626563535 : $31.95

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