Under her skin : how girls experience race in America by Makhijani, Pooja instant download

Under her skin : how girls experience race in America by Makhijani, Pooja instant download

318 pages ; 19 cm, Including the perspectives of women of color, white women, and those caught in between, this work traces themes related to double lives, fear, envy, lineage, and family. Essays include reflections on how race shapes and sometimes shatters lives, Becoming / Anita Darcel Taylor -- In which I wade / Judith Chalmer -- A child's Christmas in Revere / Patricia Goodwin -- The last safe place / Toiya Kristen Finley -- Except / by Devorah Stone -- The teach-in / Mary C. Lewis -- Beat the Buddha Day / Colleen Nakamoto -- Mirror / Karen Elias -- Homecoming / Ana Chavier Caamaño -- Running girl / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Neon scars / Wendy Rose -- Betsy, Tacy, Sejal, Tib / Sejal Shah -- As American as apple pie / B. Lois Wadas -- Breathing lessons / Randi Gray Kristensen -- Don't you want to sound Puerto Rican / Esmeralda Santiago -- An apology to Althea Connor : private memory and the ethics of public memoir / Traise Yamamoto -- Bionic child / Lisa Drostova -- Black men / Faith Adiele -- Mangoes and sugarcane / R. Hong-An Truong -- Blonde / Amy Meissner, Includes bibliographical references (page 305)