LaShawnDa Pittman, an associate professor of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington, plumbs the nuances of the role of contemporary Black grandmothers in today’s landscape.
LaShawnDa Pittman’s book begins with a table of women’s names — 74, to be exact — listing their first name, age, marital or dating status, and the number of children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren they have. The common denominators among the women are that they are Black grandmothers who are raising any number of their children’s offspring, creating what is known as skipped generation .
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