Fade: My Journeys In Multiracial America
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- Synopsis
- "Are you black?" "Is your father a white man?" "Are you really black or white?" "You are some kind of black, aren't you?" Questions like these have confused, intrigued, and vexed the author as he grew up as a light-skinned, biracial young man. The only son of 2 biracial parents, the author has had to sort through a myriad of conflicting emotions, ideas, and society's views of him to find out who he really is. Echoed by many racially mixed people around the country, Lewis sees himself as biracial, neither blank nor white, but just himself. He shows how race isn't necessarily tied to skin color or tone and shows how one's identity is shaped by the culture and parental attitudes that are present as a person grows. He challenges us to see that there is a world of people in the middle so that it's not just black and white anymore.
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 306 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780786716685
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/10/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Elliott Lewis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Jamie Yates
- Proofread By:
- Monica Willyard
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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