The book describes secrets, love, hate, deception, survival, determination, and perseverance of strong black women living in colorist society. Her book, The Blacker the Berry, The Sweeter the Juice: How Deeply Held Secrets Can Impact Who You Become, is written to make people aware of how keeping or revealing family secrets and long-held stereotypical beliefs can have a profound impact on the members of families for generations. This book also points out how subtly and profoundly the color of one's skin and skin tone plays a role in how one sees themselves and how they are seen by others. This book also hits hard at the role colorism plays in furthering discrimination against African Americans.
The book describes secrets, love, hate, deception, survival, determination, and perseverance of strong black women living in colorist society. Her book, The Blacker the Berry, The Sweeter the Juice: How Deeply Held Secrets Can Impact Who You Become, is written to make people aware of how keeping or revealing family secrets and long-held stereotypical beliefs can have a profound impact on the members of families for generations. This book also points out how subtly and profoundly the color of one's skin and skin tone plays a role in how one sees themselves and how they are seen by others. This book also hits hard at the role colorism plays in furthering discrimination against African Americans.
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