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Negroland
Pulitzer Prize–winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Her father was head of pediatrics at Provident Hospital, while her mother was a socialite. In these pages, Jefferson takes us into this insular and discerning society: “I call it Negroland,” she writes, “because I still find ‘Negro’ a word of wonders, glorious and terrible.”
Negroland’s pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubs—a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and “the masses of Negros,” and where the motto was “Achievement. Invulnerability. Comportment.” At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac, Negroland is a landmark work on privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America.
Negroland’s pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubs—a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and “the masses of Negros,” and where the motto was “Achievement. Invulnerability. Comportment.” At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac, Negroland is a landmark work on privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America.
Women's Sizing
| USA | XXS/0 | XS/2 | S/4 | M/6 | L/8 | XL/10 | XXL/12 |
| UK | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Italian | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 |
| French | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
| Swedish | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
| Danish | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
| Australian | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Raquel Allegra | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Women's Shoe Sizing
| USA | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
| Euro | 36.5 | 37 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 39 | 39.5 | 40 | 40.5 | 41 | 41.5 |
| IT | 36 | 36.5 | 37 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 39 | 39.5 | 40 | 40.5 | 41 |
Men's Sizing
| USA | XXS | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
| UK/US Chest | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
| UK/US Waist | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 |
| Italian | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 54 |
| French | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 |
| Swedish | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 54 |
| Folk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Men's Shoe Sizing
| USA | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 13 |
| Euro | 40.5 | 41 | 41.5 | 42 | 42.5 | 43 | 43.5 | 44 | 44.5 | 45 | 46 |
| UK | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 12 |
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