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A colleague mentioned this (Hi DOM!) and I'm glad she did.
It's not the book I wanted to read, but it's a book I needed to read. Union is an adorable actress that I have enjoyed seeing in a few films and tv shows. And I really enjoy reading about Hollywood. The one thing that always strikes me is how hard all these people work just to have a chance to make it. For all the anger Hollywood folk generate among conservatives, Hollywood folk are some of our hardest working and truest capitalists. The ...more
It's not the book I wanted to read, but it's a book I needed to read. Union is an adorable actress that I have enjoyed seeing in a few films and tv shows. And I really enjoy reading about Hollywood. The one thing that always strikes me is how hard all these people work just to have a chance to make it. For all the anger Hollywood folk generate among conservatives, Hollywood folk are some of our hardest working and truest capitalists. The ...more
Could not put this book down....I am so impressed wth her clarity, profound honesty and introspection in laying out her struggles, strengths, vulnerability as a dark/brown skinned black woman navigating life in the US, life within the black community, living and constantly navigating life within a predominantly white community and finding self and identity within her black extended family. Union lays out the painful complexities of negotiating race and identity from childhood. Her experiences re
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Oct 02, 2020
Karen
marked it as to-read
