A review by mermaidmomma
Token Black Girl: A Memoir by Danielle Prescod

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

This book really made me think about a lot of things as I am pushing myself to be more actively aware. I have always looked at myself as very progressive as someone living in the American South, but recently I have wondered if that is enough so I have been pushing myself to seek out more perspectives different than my own.  This book delivered that for sure and had me thinking back to reading “The Bluest Eye” for the first time. It was one of the first books I read that had me starting to question representation in media and the risk of individuals not seeing themselves. 

The aspect of this book that lowered my rating was just the repetitive nature. We were pulled back to the same metaphors and identical phases, which was probably a stylistic choice to drive home the point, but for me it just disrupted the flow. 
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