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My 2019 Reading List

Following up on my what I read in 2018 video, here's a my ever evolving reading list for 2019. To be noted, I am working towards applying for my PhD in African American History this year. Which means my reading list is going to skew towards academic/black feminist history reading. Since I've recorded this video I've already added about fifty eleven books to mist because well...research. via GIPHY I am conscious of my privilege and access, part of that translate into how I suggest books for my audience. Most of this list is inaccessible, in that the readings are complicated
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#SmartBrownGirlBook List

What I’ve Read + Am Reading in 2017

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts Why I Am Not A Feminist by Jessa Crispin The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein What It Means When A Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender and the New Racism by Patricia Hill Collins amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "jouelzy-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Book List 2017"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "728f777fd1fc0f51492fdc13e5f9a00f"; amzn_assoc_asins = "0385542364,0826412769,1101971061,0679758690,041595150X,1612196012,0735211027,1631492853"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "false";
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#SmartBrownGirlCulturePolitics/Race

Thank You Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

What some will never understand is the daily strength it takes to be a Black woman, in a space history has dictated is only for white women.  Last week, we saw the last day we got to live through Barack Obama as our sitting president.But more importantly and more saddening is that was the last day Michelle Obama is the and our First Lady of the United States. In the past few weeks there’s been a ton of discussion about the legacy of Barack Obama. Most notably his interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic cover story “My President Was Black,” where Obama
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