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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Winfrey Harris, Tamara.     Subjects     Women, Black -- United States -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- United States -- Public opinion.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.     Racism -- United States.     Sexism -- United States.     Public opinion -- United States.     United States -- Race relations.     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Winfrey Harris, Tamara.       by title:      The sisters are alri...       by call number:      305.48896 W768s     Search the Web     Winfrey Harris, Tamara.     Women, Black -- United States -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- United States -- Public opinion.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.     Racism -- United States.     Sexism -- United States.     Public opinion -- United States.     United States -- Race relations.     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-       MARC Display

The sisters are alright : changing the broken narrative of Black women in America / Tamara Winfrey Harris. by Winfrey Harris, Tamara. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015. Call #: 305.48896 W768s Subjects Women, Black -- United States -- Social conditions.   Women, Black -- United States -- Public opinion.   Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.   Racism -- United States.   Sexism -- United States.   Public opinion -- United States.   United States -- Race relations.   United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- ISBN:  9781626563513 (pbk.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xiii, 147 pages ; 23 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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:  "What's wrong with black women? Not a damned thing! The Sisters Are Alright exposes anti-black-woman propaganda and shows how real black women are pushing back against distorted cartoon versions of themselves. When African women arrived on American shores, the three-headed hydra -- servile Mammy, angry Sapphire, and lascivious Jezebel -- followed close behind. In the '60s, the Matriarch, the willfully unmarried baby machine leeching off the state, joined them. These stereotypes persist to this day through newspaper headlines, Sunday sermons, social media memes, cable punditry, government policies, and hit song lyrics. Emancipation may have happened more than 150 years ago, but America still won't let a sister be free from this coven of caricatures. Tamara Winfrey Harris delves into marriage, motherhood, health, sexuality, beauty, and more, taking sharp aim at pervasive stereotypes about black women. She counters warped prejudices with the straight-up truth about being a black woman in America. "We have facets like diamonds," she writes. "The trouble is the people who refuse to see us sparkling." Tamara Winfrey Harris (TamaraWinfreyHarris.com) began her writing career with the personal blog, What Tami Said. She was also a senior editor at Racialicious, a blog that explores the intersection of race and pop culture. A Midwesterner at heart, Tamara is a native of Indiana. She teaches public speaking classes to college students"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.48896 W768s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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