One Drop, Fugitives and Refugees
One Drop- by Bliss Broyard
I was completely taken by this book. Written by a woman whose father was a famous literary critic. Two months before he passed away from cancer he told Bliss and her brother that he was black. Bliss had grown up completely unaware, having grown up in white suburban Connecticut. What follows is Bliss's story of her adventures in geneaology, discovering who her ancestors were, where they were from, and their personal histories. I was especially intrigued by this story, I guess because I really felt for this girl, who in her twenties has to re-examine what it means to be a Broyard. The extraordinary findings in her search paint a very interesting picture of modern day racism and prejudice.
Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk
I just picked this short book up at a place I was babysitting today and read it in two hours. It's essentially a primer on the weird spots/attractions/people of Portland. A behind the scenes. A not so family friend tourist book. I look at the grittier side of this city. I thought it was interesting and learned a lot, just a fun, short read. Even a good read for anyone who likes his other works.
I was completely taken by this book. Written by a woman whose father was a famous literary critic. Two months before he passed away from cancer he told Bliss and her brother that he was black. Bliss had grown up completely unaware, having grown up in white suburban Connecticut. What follows is Bliss's story of her adventures in geneaology, discovering who her ancestors were, where they were from, and their personal histories. I was especially intrigued by this story, I guess because I really felt for this girl, who in her twenties has to re-examine what it means to be a Broyard. The extraordinary findings in her search paint a very interesting picture of modern day racism and prejudice.
Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk
I just picked this short book up at a place I was babysitting today and read it in two hours. It's essentially a primer on the weird spots/attractions/people of Portland. A behind the scenes. A not so family friend tourist book. I look at the grittier side of this city. I thought it was interesting and learned a lot, just a fun, short read. Even a good read for anyone who likes his other works.
posted by Meghan at 9:05 PM
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Bliss Broyard is a white woman (as opposed to the myth of just looking like one). Her father, Anatole Broyard, was a white man, although "tarbrushed."
Everyone wants to be part Indian precisely because Indians do not try to claim everyone who has "Indian blood." Hypodescent yields contempt. Unfortunately, elite American blacks like Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (the one who first denounced Anatole Broyard as a lighter kind of "black" too inferior for the honor of calling himself white) actively mislead people of good will by promoting and demanding obedience to the lie that whites "tainted" with Negro blood have no right to be "white." If that were true, Hispanics and Arabs would be "black" since nearly all of them have some "black blood."
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