The Blacker The Berry, The Sweeter The Juice: How Deeply Held Secrets Can Impact Who You Become!

by Cynthia Smitherman

Overview

The book describes secrets, love, hate, deception, survival, determination, and perseverance of strong black women living in colorist society. Her book, The Blacker the Berry, The Sweeter the Juice: How Deeply Held Secrets Can Impact Who You Become, is written to make people aware of how keeping or revealing family secrets and long-held stereotypical beliefs can have a profound impact on the members of families for generations. This book also points out how subtly and profoundly the color of one's skin and skin tone plays a role in how one sees themselves and how they are seen by others. This book also hits hard at the role colorism plays in furthering discrimination against African Americans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737520870
Publisher:	Cynthia Smitherman
Publication date:	03/30/2022
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Cynthia Johnson-Smitherman can be described as a
mother, a human rights advocate, who is focused, ambitious,
successful, and incredibly inspiring. She was born in
Bloomington, Indiana, and raised and educated in South
Bend, Indiana. As an African American growing up in an
Irish, Catholic, and Polish-dominated city, she experienced
the full range of discrimination, colorism, and acceptance by
diverse cultures and races.
Cynthia has been a licensed real estate broker and
owner of Emage’ Fine Properties, LLC, and Emage Interiors
for over 20 years. She has been honored and recognized by
business and professional organizations for her leadership
and community involvement. She also authored another
book titled A Thief in the Dark, which addresses smoking
cessation and how to live your life without cigarettes.
Cynthia and her husband, William, live in Chandler,
Arizona.