Sweetness by Toni Morrison - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Let's look at one of the greatest writers of all time, Toni Morrison! She only created two short stories for us, but they are both arguably perfect. Let's talk about colorism, or shadeism, in this story today as Sweetness raises her child in a post-segregation world but still living with prejudice.

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Link to Read for Free: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/sweetness-2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0:00 Introductions

0:34 Context

1:34 Plot Summary

4:22 Analysis

17:38 Wrap Up and Ratings

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