You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain

Description:

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson. Being a Black woman in American means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities. Robinson uses her trademark wit to explore examine our cultural climate and skewer our biases with humor and heart.

subjects: Television comedy writers,  Humor,  Biography,  African American women comedians,  Comedians, united states,  Comedians, biography,  Humor, form, essays,  Women, united states, biography,  African americans, biography,  nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2016-10-23,  New York Times bestseller,  Nonfiction,  Essays,  Humor (Nonfiction),  Sociology,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General,  PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,  HUMOR / Essays,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays,  HUMOR / Form / Essays,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

People: Phoebe Robinson

Places: United States