Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Interviewees
Foreword by Karen Blackett
Introduction
‘It’s Always a Race Thing With Her’
Education
Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer
Black Faces in White Spaces
Work
Work Twice as Hard to Get Half as Good
Water Cooler Microaggressions
***Flawless
Getting Ahead
Independent Women
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
Representation
Being Susan Storm
Fifty Shades of Beige
#RepresentationMatters
Dating
Does He Like Black Girls?
No Scrubs
Health
Black Girls Don’t Cry
TLC
Afterword
Picture Section
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Publisher