Two black young women cleaning the floor, one of the young women looking directly into the camera.

Two black young women cleaning the floor, one of the young women looking directly into the camera.

Housekeeping lessons, Evelina Watkins, left; Working out school fees. Benezet House—where the boarding girls lived

“They go to land-grant colleges, normal schools, and learn how to do the white man’s work with refinement: home economics to prepare his food; teacher education to instruct black children in obedience; music to soothe the weary master and entertain his blunted soul.” Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970), p. 83

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