Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (2011)

In Sister Citizen, Melissa Harris-Perry juxtaposes analyses of three Black Woman stereotypes -- Jezebel, Mammy and Sapphire -- with selections from some of my absolute favorite works of literature. It opened with a selection from Their Eyes Were Watching God, a breakthrough novel by Zora Neale Hu...