Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt

Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging

Tessa McWatt

260 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and "black bitch," and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones a...

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Moods

informative 88%
reflective 88%
emotional 59%
challenging 48%
inspiring 29%
hopeful 22%
dark 11%
sad 11%
tense 11%
adventurous 3%

Pace

medium 82%
slow 10%
fast 7%

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