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

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: "Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years: she's been unceremoniously relegated to the role of 'the black friend, ' as if she is somehow the authority on all things racial; she's been questioned about her love of U2 and Billy Joel ('isn't that ... white people music?'); she's been called 'uppity' for having an opinion in the workplace; she's been followed around stores by security guards; and yes, people do ask her whether they can touch her hair all. the. time. Now, she's ready to take these topics to the page--and she's going to make you laugh as she's doing it."--Page [4] of cover.
    • Content Notes:
      Foreword / Jessica Williams -- Introduction -- From Little Rock Nine to nappy hair, don't care in eighteen and a half-ish years -- A brief history of black hair in film, TV, music, and 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, and things that need to do better -- Letters to Olivia.
    • Notes:
      2 3 4 14 20
    • Other Titles:
      You cannot touch my hair. You can not touch my hair.
    • ISBN:
      9780143129202 (pbk.) :
    • Accession Number:
      2016018322
    • Accession Number:
      945352996
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.990867