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Consider reading other work by Toni Morrison, including Beloved, Jazz, and Song of Solomon.
Consider pairing “Sweetness” with other short stories by Black women, including “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “Sweat” by Zora Neal Hurston.
Consider read longer works by Black authors, like James Baldwin, Ann Petry, Octavia Butler, Yaa Gyasi, and Helen Oyeyemi.
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The Question and Answer section for Sweetness is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Sweetness was very dissapointed. “Sweetness” opens with Sweetness saying, “It’s not my fault. So you can't blame me.” Sweetness explains that her daughter Lula Ann was born with skin so dark that Sweetness was frightened. Sweetness comments that...
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Colorism is discrimination occurring among people of the same ethnic or racial group against people with a dark skin tone. It is the central theme in "Sweetness." As a "high yellow" black woman who is accustomed to the privileges her light skin...
