Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity

by Lise Funderburg

Overview

In this updated 20th anniversary edition of the landmark book, "Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity" (Morrow, Quill), award-winning journalist Lise Funderburg explores the lives of adult children of black/white unions. Chapter-opening essays give historical, political, and social context to first-person narratives on such topics as Family, Prejudice, Love and Romance, Work, Religion, Identity Politics, Citizenship, and Community. These voices of unflinching honesty, whipsmart humor, extraordinary insight and deep feeling comprise a stunning — and enduring — portrait of race in America. Anniversary ebook edition includes enhanced photos, a new foreword by novelist Mat Johnson (Pym, Hunting in Harlem, Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery), and links to updated (2013) commentary from the book's original participants, in which they reflect on the passage of two decades, what has changed in their experiences of race...and what has stayed the same.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045272438
Publisher:	Lise Funderburg
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lise Funderburg went to Reed College and the Columbia University School of Journalism. Her latest book is the narrative nonfiction "Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home" (Free Press) -- a contemplation of life, death, and barbecue (not to mention filial duty, regionalism, and the impact of sprawl on rural communities). "Pig Candy" was chosen in 2012 as Drexel University's Freshman Read. Funderburg's first book was a collection of oral histories, "Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk about Race and Identity," the first to explore the lives of adult children of black-white unions. Her articles, essays and reviews have appeared widely: in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Nation, Garden Design, MORE, and many other publications. She teaches Creative Nonfiction Writing at The University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and through the Creative Nonfiction Foundation Mentor Program.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mat Johnson 9

Introduction 15

PART ONE daily life

CHAPTER 1 Parents and Family 31

CHAPTER 2 Self-Portrait: Sallyann Hobson 65

CHAPTER 3 Neighborhood 81

CHAPTER 4 School 105

CHAPTER 5 Self-Portrait: Michael Tyron Ackley 135

CHAPTER 6 Friends and Strangers 147

CHAPTER 7 Work 165

CHAPTER 8 Love and Romance 187

CHAPTER 9 Other Forces 205

PART TWO beliefs

CHAPTER 10 Religion and Politics 231

CHAPTER 11 Self-Portrait: Zenobia Kujichagulia 267

CHAPTER 12 Prejudice: The Monster Within and Without 283

CHAPTER 13 Are We a Family? 305

CHAPTER 14 The Next Generation 329

Afterword 359

Acknowledgments 361

Index 363

Editorial Reviews

"Black, White, Other is an example of how we can talk about race with feeling, humor, and dignity." - The New York Times

"No book is more likely to force a reader to confront his beliefs about race than this one." - The Buffalo News

"Funderburg lets her subjects ask-and answer-the controversial, touchy questions that many wonder but few dare to pose." - Indianapolis Star

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