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

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

Language

eng

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autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

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

Oclc number

945352996

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Phoebe Robinson

Summary

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe RobinsonBeing a Black woman in American means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities. Robinson uses her trademark wit to explore examine our cultural climate and skewer our biases with humor and heart

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 not-so-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

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You cannot touch my hair and other things I still have to explain

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