Cover blurb - I Am Debra Lee is a riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry.
Debra Lee is impressive, formidable, and quite human. Her behind the scenes stories are intense - a young girl raised in the segregated South, to law school, to being a general counsel for BET, to COO, and finally CEO. Often the only woman in the room, she had to move past her quiet persona and exert power while juggling a family.
She writes - I don't just love Black culture - the magic in our hair, the swagger in our steps, the particular way we can say 'alright now' to fit our changing moods - Black culture saved me.
I like her style, grace, intelligence, awareness, and an appreciation for entertainment history, for black history, for current history and her mistakes and her corrections. She had to work extra hard and to push back in a very male oriented business.
She is inspirational and this memoir is worth reading. It explores a world that I don't know, but could appreciate. I am Debra Lee - damn straight, you are!
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