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You Can't Touch My Hair

And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

2016·285 pages·Nonfiction

Biography Literary Fiction

Former NYT Bestseller

An essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from Phoebe Robinson. Being 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.

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You Can't Touch My Hair

And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

Former NYT Bestseller

Year

2016

Pages

285

Type

Nonfiction

Biography Literary Fiction

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An essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from Phoebe Robinson. Being 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.

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