The sisters are alright : changing the broken narrative of black women in America / Tamara Winfrey Harris.
Publisher: Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 147 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781626563513 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- 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
- United States -- Race relations
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Public opinion -- United States
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- E185.86 .W5565 2015
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"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.