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The blacker the berry is a novel by wallace thurman and its a wellknown novel from him. Meaning that the darker the skin color of a black woman is, the tastier is their juice. Allyson hobbs introduction is an associate professor in the department of history and the director of african and african american studies at stanford. February 22, 2020 this post traces the saying the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice from its inclusion in african american thomas w.
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The phrase appears frequently in africanamerican literature from the 1930s to the 1970s. Provided to youtube by universal music group the blacker the berry kendrick lamar to pimp a butterfly. The story follows the many tribulations of young emma lou morgan. Set during the harlem renaissance, the novel explores emma lous experiences with colorism, discrimination by lighterskinned african americans due to her dark. The novel explores prejudice within the african american community.
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