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TV rarely shows black experiences at work. ‘The Other Black Girl’ is changing that

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Writer Jordan Reddout didn't just read Zakiya Dalila Harris's 2021 debut novel The Other Black Girl – she devoured it.

Then she instructed everyone in her world to follow suit: her husband, her parents, her sister, her aunt and all of her friends.

“I really connected with it because my life, I think, has mirrored a lot of Nella’s experiences,” she said.

Nella is the smart and ambitious 26-year-old protagonist of The Other Black Girl, who is tired of being the only black employee at the fictional publishing

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