He is a right-leaning black conservative and the author has done a great job in painting a picture of this character. The other family, the Kipps’ are led by Monty Kipps. I loved that although each of the children are very unique, they all share a lust for learning and each have strong personalities and convictions, just like their parents. They have three kids who each have their own personalities. The author purposely includes the somewhat micro-aggressive phrases which are normally directed at black women to highlight what black women have to put up with in their day to day lives. Her story is really interesting because although confident, she become very self-conscious as a black woman living in a mainly white space. His African-American wife, Kiki, comes across as a larger than life woman. Howard is a professor at a prestigious American university. Headed by Howard, a white Englishman who has moved to America from England. The first family of the book are the Belsey’s. The book is centered around a black family and a bi-racial family Which is a key point because one of the many layers in the book which is covered are the many nuances of being in a inter-racial relationship. The book is centered around a black family and a bi-racial family. For those who have read it, I would say that my attitude going into this book is the same as Levi, the youngest son of the Belsey family. I didn’t know what to expect, but by the flowery pattern, I immediately decided that it wasn’t for me. I had seen it on his book shelf and didn’t want to read it due my literally judging a book by its cover! Other times, I want to put the book down as quickly as I picked it up.Īfter completing Peter Fryer’s Staying Power, my pops gave me On beauty. Sometimes I’ll be in the zone and can read a lot. I’m still finding my feet when it comes to reading and find myself in stages.

I was apprehensive coming into this book purely because of the size of it! After reading heavy books quite recently, I wanted something which I could not only get lost in, but complete it relatively quickly.

They are the damned and so their sadness is perfect, delicate as an egg placed in your palm.

Smith zadie on beauty