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Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race Paperback – July 1, 1996

by Marita Golden (Author), Susan Shreve (Author)
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Candid, poignant, provocative, and informative, the essays and stories in Skin Deep explore a wide spectrum of racial issues between black and white women, from self-identity and competition to childrearing and friendship. Eudora Welty contributes a bittersweet story of a one-hundred-year-old black woman whose spirit is as determined and strong as anything in nature. Bestselling author Naomi Wolf recalls her first exposure to racism growing up, examining the subtle forms it can take even among well-meaning people; bell hooks writes about the intersection between black women and feminist politics; and Joyce Carol Oates includes a one-act play in which racial stereotypes are reversed. Among the other writers featured in the collection are Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Susan Straight, Mary Morris, and Beverly Lowry. A groundbreaking anthology that reveals surprising insights and hidden truths to a subject too often clouded by misperceptions and easy assumptions,  Skin Deep is a major contribution to understanding our culture.
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Featuring writers ranging from Joyce Carol Oates to Alice Walker, this collection draws on both fiction and nonfiction to explore racial issues between black and white women.
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"Captures the sound, the shape and the boundaries of contemporary relationships between Black and White women."--Essence magazine

"Eloquent, challenging and sometimes unsettling."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor; 0002nd edition (July 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385474105
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385474108
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.18 x 0.69 x 7.93 inches
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Marita Golden

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Marita Golden is an award-winning author of over 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, a master teacher of writing, coach, mentor, and a literary and creative writing consultant. As a literary activist, she co-founded the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation.

Marita works with writers to help them skillfully and powerfully tell their story. In her workshops, her coaching, and manuscript evaluation she enables writers to write in their most authentic, creative, and personal literary voice. She has worked with many published writers. Among the acclaimed writers she has worked with are novelists Nicole Dennis Benn, Tope Folarin, Sadeqa Johnson as well as memoirist Karen Gray Houston.

MARITA HAS BEEN FEATURED ON:

• The Oprah Winfrey Show

• C-SPAN

• Tuesday's with Maria Shriver

• Roland Martin Unfiltered

• Jeopardy! [Question: Novelist Marita Golden Paid Homage To This Woman In An Essay Called Zora & Me]

Her books include ...

MEMOIRS:

• Migrations of the Heart

• Saving Our Sons Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World

• Don't Play in the Sun One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex

NONFICTION:

• The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women

NOVELS:

• After

• Long Distance Life

• The Wide Circumference of Love

• The Edge of Heaven

I HAVE TAUGHT CREATIVE WRITING AT:

• Johns Hopkins University

• The University of the District of Columbia

• George Mason University

• Virginia Commonwealth University

• The University of Tel Aviv

I have lectured at many schools including:

• Norfolk State University

• University of Nevada at Las Vegas

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Yale University

WRITING AND LITERARY ACTIVISM AWARDS:

• NAACP Image Award nominations for AFTER and The Wide Circumference of Love

• Distinguished Service Award (Authors Guild)

• Distinguished Service Award (African American Writers Guild)

• Washington Dateline Award for Local Journalism

• Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award (Poets and Writers)

• International Literary Hall of Fame of Writers of African Descent Inductee (Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University)

• Maryland Author Award (Association of Maryland Librarians)

• Award for Fiction (Black Caucus of the American Library Association)

• Excellence in Leadership “Strong Woman” Award (Dominion Power)

• Distinguished Alumni Award (American University)

• Woman of the Year Award (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority)

• Honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters (University of Richmond)

• “Virginia Hero” Award

• Sarton/Gilda Award for Nonfiction

• Distinguished Black Women Award (Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Inc.)

• Faculty of the Year (Phi Delta Kappa University of the District of Columbia)

• Included in Columbia Heights Heritage Trail in Washington, D.C.

Are you ready to write? Visit my website at maritagolden.com to register for my creative writing workshops!

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lizortega24
5.0 out of 5 stars Completely changed how I viewed all my relationships with women from all backgrounds and I am happy to say that I am more aware
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2015
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This book truly opens up your eyes to the varying relationships between black and white women. Completely changed how I viewed all my relationships with women from all backgrounds and I am happy to say that I am more aware of the struggles of my fellow woman because of it.
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Zoey Roosevelt
5.0 out of 5 stars Why Is There Only One Review of This Book?
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2002
In the very public work that I do, I too often hear, as I just heard yesterday, well-meaning white people say, "The way to take care of diversity is to never mention it again."
And it is this kind of message that reminds me that we have a ways to go in race relations.
This book is a collection of stories from famous women, both white and black, about their experiences with race.
While every chapter had me deeply moved, I must say that the chapter titled, "Contents Under Pressure: White Woman/Black History," by Catherine Clinton, was the most moving.
This is a story about a white woman who teaches African-American History.
This is, a reverse discrimination story that has value for everyone to read. By her name, and her profession, she is assumed to be African-American. But she is Caucasian.
Her published work has led to many invitations to speak on race relations.
But, when they meet her, in person, and see that she is not African-American, things change.
And she had to put in a tremendous amount of time, to show that she is here to stay, despite the resistence of others.
In the end, this professor taught her students that the thickness of your skin, and not its color is a useful measure for success.
This is a professor whose mission lives on through her students.
I invite everyone male or female, of all races to read this book, as you think of yourself as a fly on the wall.
You will grow, beyond your wildest dreams.
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Julia Mallory
5.0 out of 5 stars Tell It Like It Is...........
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2005
This book is the product of what happens when we can tell the truth. It was a real eye-opener and consoling in one. It let you know that you are not alone in the battle of dealing with race everyday. In some way or another every story will speak to you. Every author's attempt to define their truth will help you to better understand your own reality. Great book even if you may not agree with every point of view contained within it's pages, you'll appreciate the effort to convey the story, to say the least!
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krocktx@flash.net
5.0 out of 5 stars A perspective on race
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 1997
As we begin to approach the next century, race is still an important issue that should not be ignored or denied. As we live in a multiracial society, it is important to take time out and listen to ourselves and others. This is a provocative book that should be read by all women who take the time to intellectually consider themselves and their role as women and mothers, sisters, neigbors, and lovers. How will we teach our children and eachother to consider race? These essays bring forth some harsh realizations of the boundaries that truly separate black and white women and what must be overcome if we truly want to unite. It is a good dose of reality that many of us would benefit from not only reading, but thinking about and discussing. The truth is awfully hard to swallow.
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Jenster
5.0 out of 5 stars FOOD. FOR. THOUGHT. Are you ready to join the conversation?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2016
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This is topical stuff, especially in light of the online criticism of Lena Dunham ('toxic white feminism'), Amy Schumer and other high-profile writers and comediennes. Maybe someone should send them all a copy?

This book has a brilliant range - its a mixture of fiction and non-fiction (essays, etc). It also picks up on the intersections between gender, race, class and sexuality (including mixed-race lesbian relationships). Talk about an education!

CONTENTS:
intro - Marita Golden (Ed)
intro - Susan Richards Shreve (Ed)

High Yellow White Trash - Lisa Page
Whitegirls - Marita Golden
The Racism of Well-Meaning White People - Naomi Wolf
Overhand and Underhand - Retha Powers
Negative - Joyce Carol Oates
Recitatif - Toni Morrison
What Tina Has To Do With It - Beverly Lowry
Legacies and Ghosts - Patricia Browning Griffith
Adjustments - Mary Morris
Prudential Life Insurance - Susan Richards Shreve
Across the Glittering Sea - Jewelle Gomez
Loving Across the Boundary - Ann Filemyr
The Revenge of hannah Kemhuff - Alice Walker
Tulsa, 1921 - Susan Straight
A Worn Path - Eudora Welty
Contents Under Pressure: White Woman/Black History - Catherine Clinton
Reaching Across The Feminist Racial Divide - Dorothy Gilliam
Feminism In Black And White - Bell Hooks
Hello, Stranger - Gayel Pemberton
"Are We Do Different?" A dialogue between an African-American and a White Social Worker - Cathleen Gray, PhD & Shirley Bryant, DSW

Highly recommended, although someone in my office felt the 'blurb' on the back cover was unhelpfully provocative (more like goading!).
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