Token Black girl

a memoir
Danielle Prescod
Book - 2022

"Token Black Girl unpacks the adverse effects of insidious white supremacy in the media--both unconscious and strategic--to tell a personal story about recovery from damaging concepts of perfection, celebrating identity, and demolishing social conditioning"--Book jacket flap.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prescod, Danielle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little A, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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