In his review of Linden Hills, "African American Whiteness in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills", Tim Engles describes Roxanne as "an avid social climber interested in marrying rich " who "actively whitens her natural appetites and those aspects of herself that are commonly associated with blackness ". ...

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