Rashad Patterson

Can Ebony Survive in Ivory's World ? Rashad Patterson

Can Ebony survive in Ivory's World ? describes the challenges that many black women encounter in the United States. The narrative begins with a young black girl who moved from her innercity neighborhood to a affluent suburb outside the city limits. She decided to tryout for the cheerleading team but unfornatelty she dosn't get chosen. The reading also entailed a brief micro history of the caucasian standard of beauty and it effects on black women.