A review by tacoboutmari
Token Black Girl by Danielle Prescod

Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
How not to be harsh….. if I wanted to read about anti-blackness, self hatred,  a POC being “color-blind” I would have picked up Candace Owens memoir (does she have one? This might be it in another font). While I understand the importance of working through your internal biases and prejudices that were ingrained in you from society and your childhood,  how does that translate into being a mean spoiled rich girl flaunting her opportunities that most don’t have? Add in a lil sprinkle of 90s Eurocentric diet culture and beauty trends that I could possibly care less about. I know it’s important to not have to relate to books, but goddamn  I was getting anxiety from the author hating the own color of her skin!? This triggered me severely. I was excited for this book to have commentary about Blacks in the media and how that trickles down to society, I was not expecting having to hear about how this girl was ashamed to be an ableist Black woman. I disliked this so much her voice in narration even to the point it started to annoy me. I am very happy to DNF. 
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