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A review by myebonyqueen
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
2.0
This book for me is hard to rate and review and since I won a ARC (Yes it took me a minute to get to it) I feel obligated to give a written review.
1. I judge All books by it cover. My first issue with the book is the fact the author darken up her image on the cover. The author have very strong and unique facial structure so it’s no doubt her profile. Emma Dabiri is a fair skin and biracial woman from Ireland. Is this Blackface or Blackfishing?
2. The US title. This is her personal story, yes she included research but still her hair journey. So, a better title would have been My Tangled History of Biracial hair.
3. This is very African American focused. The author is not culturally or ethnicity AA. I understand that Black is interchangeable with African American. But, I thought the book biggest focus will be AFRICA not a Irish person telling me about my culture and people.
3b I was following along with the audio so it was weird hearing a non-American accent using African American slang and butcher AAVE. Odd
4. It was some times hard to follow
The GOOD
1. The history and facts. I think this book is good starting point for someone that doesn’t have any knowledge on this topic.
2. I do feel this was written in love.
3. The information, history and facts that was not AA focus. I never heard of the term picky and still really don’t understand the meaning.
4. The ending chapters discussing Math.
I have more thoughts and feelings …
1. I judge All books by it cover. My first issue with the book is the fact the author darken up her image on the cover. The author have very strong and unique facial structure so it’s no doubt her profile. Emma Dabiri is a fair skin and biracial woman from Ireland. Is this Blackface or Blackfishing?
2. The US title. This is her personal story, yes she included research but still her hair journey. So, a better title would have been My Tangled History of Biracial hair.
3. This is very African American focused. The author is not culturally or ethnicity AA. I understand that Black is interchangeable with African American. But, I thought the book biggest focus will be AFRICA not a Irish person telling me about my culture and people.
3b I was following along with the audio so it was weird hearing a non-American accent using African American slang and butcher AAVE. Odd
4. It was some times hard to follow
The GOOD
1. The history and facts. I think this book is good starting point for someone that doesn’t have any knowledge on this topic.
2. I do feel this was written in love.
3. The information, history and facts that was not AA focus. I never heard of the term picky and still really don’t understand the meaning.
4. The ending chapters discussing Math.
I have more thoughts and feelings …