You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain

You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson   320 pages

Being a Black Woman and what she has always and still does have to contend with,  feminist, author, comedian                    

Phoebe Robinson will make you laugh and then she will teach you a lot of things about being a black woman- one is white people - black people do not want you to touch their hair no matter how much you might want to.   Does anyone really believe that pregnant women want total strangers coming up and touching their bellies with a baby in it?  No and that is universally every woman regardless of nationality.    Well, it is the same with black woman.   After spending nearly an entire day at the beauty shop getting their hair done, who wants to come out to a Caucasian reaching for their new do with a hand out like ghoul in a Hammer film?   No, no, no, white people have some couth and some etiquette.   Don't even ask just go to a wig shop and get your jollies.    Phoebe is hilarious.   She tells it like it is, she explains a lot about what life is like being black and en
lightening the world on how not to step over the line thereby being called racist for the lack of tact some people exhibit when asking questions that sound perfectly fine in their head but translated to black people as "this cracker just made a racist observation, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?    Phoebe is a writer, a blogger, a podcast radio personality, a stand up comedian and an actress.   She is active in the enlightenment sector and not a racist herself.   She loves her family and includes many letters in this book she has written to her 2 year old mixed race niece explaining to her how to grow up appreciating both cultures that she is born of.   A fun read and many teachable moments are included here.   I highly recommend this book to every one of all ages.   Wisdom and laughter such a deal.       

 - Shirley J.