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Black is Beautiful
“What does ‘Coffee will make you black’ mean, Mama?�
“The old folks in the South used to tell that to children so they wouldn’t want to drink coffee. The last thing anybody wanted to be was black� (Sinclair 111).

This novel, centered around a girl, Stevie, who is going through adolescence depicts a time when it wasn’t a good thing to be black. The brighter a black person was, the easier they could be accepted into society. During this time, blacks felt that if they didn’t measure up to a specific shade of brown, then they would have to work harder to achieve success with the belief that it was almost impossible. Stevie is gradually learning what it means to be black with great influence from her mother, grandmother, and friends (old and new) as she searches for meaning and purpose in her life. Stevie is unsure where she fits into the schema of things, but realizes that she should love herself after being faced with the political,......

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Approximate Word Count: 981
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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