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The British term, and now slur, included female indentured workers brought from India to replace emancipated slaves on Caribbean plantations, says Gaiutra Bahadur in this excerpt from “Coolie Woman.” Here’s one woman’s story.
Michelle Obama’s decision to focus on nurturing the first family disappointed some. But in this excerpt from her new book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry says she’s making a healthy correction to an ugly national script about black women as mothers.