Across a naked pregnant belly are projected labels waiting to be affixed to the child, from racial slurs to gendered pejoratives to terms of affection. Unspoken is the 151st myth – Michele Wallace’s ‘myth of superwoman’ – the expectation that a Black mother be supernaturally strong and capable.
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January 1, 2006
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0h 18m
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Across a naked pregnant belly are projected labels waiting to be affixed to the child, from racial slurs to gendered pejoratives to terms of affection. Unspoken is the 151st myth – Michele Wallace’s ‘myth of superwoman’ – the expectation that a Black mother be supernaturally strong and capable.