*** Republished from 2013 Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry is an eye-opening examination of the labels historically placed on Black women and how those same labels continue to shape and constrain the lives of African-American women today. Drawing from a political science framework, Harris-Perry uses empirical data, surveys,…
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