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Lise Funderburg presents the lives and views of forty-six adult children of black-white unions. Topics include love and marriage, racism in the workplace, and bringing up children in a racially divided world.
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出版社周刊评论
In a sensitive exploration of the pressures and prejudices confronting biracial individuals, Funderburg, a New York-based freelance journalist, presents in-depth interviews with 46 American adults who have one black and one white parent. Her respondents report feeling tremendous pressure to choose one racial identity over the other as they were growing up, yet many finally embraced both racial heritages. The interviewees--among them teachers, executives, law students, a psychiatrist, a screenwriter, a newspaper reporter--talk about their developing sense of a biracial identity and how they confront expectations or stereotypes based on their physical appearance. In her insightful probe Funderburg, herself biracial, organizes the testimonies thematically around such topics as love, friendship, parenting, the workplace, religion and politics. Photos. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
A revealing collection of 46 oral accounts of growing up biracial in America. ``But what about the children?'' is the question often posed to adults contemplating an interracial marriage. A wide range of adult children of black/white unions, from late teens to adults in their late 40s, candidly discuss what it is like to grow up in our racially polarized society. Journalist Funderburg, is biracial herself, and while many of the interviewees are successful professionals (book editors, filmmakers, educators), they have struggled with identity problems and prejudice along the way. Heidi Durrow, a 22-year-old journalism student in New York City, says, ``My parents had this idea they could live in this world and their children could live in this world and everything would be okay. But we haven't been okay... we are confused and we are conflicted, and we don't belong.'' Many of the interviewees have been cruelly taunted by members of both races. And while an exceptional few refuse to be categorized, most see themselves as African-Americans. According to 26-year-old Jacqueline Djanikan, ``You can identify with both races, but you are one or the other. You are not both.'' And since society perceives anyone who looks somewhat black as African-American, that is the identity most often thrust upon biracials. Funderburg gives us a full picture of these complex lives, including relationships with extended family, high school and college experiences, and the race-charged dynamics in the workplace and between lovers and spouses. We even encounter several white wannabes who act blacker than their black or biracial partners. An important, often perturbing look at racism in our country and at people who often experience it from both sides. (42 b&w photos, not seen)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Black, White, Other shows how a mixed heritage generates a reality distinct from black or white experience. Differences between internal and external perception are especially difficult, pressuring individuals to question what they are. Funderburg's interviewees range from no-one-would-ever-know whites to individuals strongly black influenced, from those embittered or weakened by the prejudice of their parents to those whose dual heritages have given them self-assurance. Some dismiss the importance of race to identity, but others accept racial labeling--which, if applied, always seems to be black. Most have been rejected at times by both races and have struggled for a consciously chosen identity, which may be black, white, mixed, "American," or culture-oriented rather than racial. The free expression of attitudes, opinions, and experiences here is lively and thought-provoking. ~--Virginia Dwyer
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
This is a book about the children of interracial marriages between blacks and whites. Funderburg, herself the product of such a union, profiles biracial children, who often don't feel they belong in either race and considers what the effect this identity crisis has on all aspects of their lives. The candid accounts she has gleaned from interviews with 65 individuals of mixed heritage provide insight into how these individuals face prejudice and how they choose careers, mates, and religious and political affiliations. They discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of often being mistaken for being white, though some also point out that their dark skin makes people doubt their white parentage. Sensitive and sometimes painful, these vignettes may aid in increasing the understanding of race and racial identity. While the book really adds nothing new, it will appeal to those interested in race matters. Suggested for collections needing additional resources on racial issues.-Angela Washington-Blair, Dallas (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.