“I couldn’t join them in their adoration because I hated Shirley. Not because was cute, but because she danced with Bojangles, who was my friend, my uncle, my daddy, and who ought to have been soft-shoeing it and chuckling with me.” Claudia, The Bluest Eye
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Students in Introduction to Women’s Studies are reading Toni Morrison’s book The Bluest Eye, and critically exploring social constructions of race, gender, class, and beauty.
