Table of Contents:
  • Growing up black and female. Frankie Mae / Jean Wheeler Smith
  • The intimidation of color. The coming of Maureen Peal, from The bluest eye / Toni Morrison ; If you're light and have long hair, from Maud Martha / Gwendolyn Brooks
  • The Black woman and the myth of the white woman. The self-solace, from Maud Martha / Gwendolyn Brooks ; A happening in Barbados / Louise Meriwether
  • The Black mother-daughter conflict. My man Bovanne, from Gorilla, my love / Toni Cade Bambara ; Everyday use, from In love and trouble / Alice Walker
  • The Black woman and the disappointment of romantic love. SEEMOTHERMOTHERISVERYNICE, from The bluest eye / Toni Morrison ; Reena / Paule Marshall
  • Reconciliation. A sudden trip home in the spring / Alice Walker.