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Audio Book Review: You Can't Touch My Hair and other things I still have to explain by Phoebe Robinson

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Release Date:  October 4, 2016 Publisher:  Penguin Audio Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 41 minutes Narrator:  Phoebe Robinson Genre:  Race, feminism, comedy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   |  Paperback Synopsis:  Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years: She's been unceremoniously relegated to the role of "the black friend", as if she is somehow the authority on all things racial; she's been questioned about her love of U2 and Billy Joel ("isn't that...white people music?"); she's been called "uppity" for having an opinion in the workplace; she's been followed around stores by security guards; and yes, people do ask her whether they can touch her hair all. The. Time. Now she's ready to take these topics to audio - and she's going to make you laugh as she's doing it. Using her trademark...