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Read in September, 2009
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Holy ambition, Batman! Blonde Roots is an alternate history where Aphrikans are the slaveholders and European Whytes are the slaves. I had my doubts about the premise, which had the potential to go very wrong and result in yet another ham-fisted, stereotyping, and offensive piece of literature that tried and failed to effectively explore racial issues. Fortunately, Evaristo skillfully married imagination and research in her book, and the result is a subtle, complex, and masterfully thought-pr...more
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