Status Updates From This Will Be My Undoing: Li...

The first chapter has been… uncomfortable. She talks about other black women from her youth in a way that says she still holds on to, to some degree, the belief that their darker skin, vernacular and body language is not just “urban black” but “too black”. I understand that black women are taught and internalize racism but something about her descriptions are too unflattering and pointed to not note.

I'm not sure how I feel about it. I think there are a lot of problematic thoughts behind it. And I need some more time to process. Although I enjoyed her honesty in some very specific parts.