The New York Times Weighs in on Real American...

 

“Lyricism that hums with frustration and sadness”

“Important and inherent and instructive to understanding how a culture of whiteness can affect a person of color”

“Her feelings metamorphose into palpable anger and resentment as she reaches adulthood, and she finally begins to grasp the perversity of a system that tries to undermine black Americans from the moment they arrive in the world”