Half and half : writers on growing up biracial and bicultural
As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you' and Where are you from' aren't answered--they are discussed. How do you measure someone's race or culture' Half this, quarter that, born here, raised there. What name do you give that' These eighteen essays, joined by a shared sense of duality, address both the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds. Danzy Senna parodies the media's fascination with biracials in a futuristic piece about the mulatto millennium. Garrett Hongo writes about watching his mixed-race children play in a sea of blond hair and white faces, realizing that suburban Oregon might swallow up their unique racial identity. Francisco Goldman shares his frustration with having constantly to explain himself in terms of his Latino and Jewish roots. Malcolm Gladwell understands that being biracial frees him from racial discrimination but also holds him hostage to questions of racial difference. For Indira Ganesan, India and its memory are evoked by the aromas of foods. Through the lens of personal experience, these essays offer a broader spectrum of meaning for race and culture. And in the process, they map a new ethnic terrain that transcends racial and cultural division. From the Hardcover edition
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Lost in place / Garrett Hongo
The mulatto millennium / Danzy Senna
The double helix / Roxane Farmanfarmaian
California palms / lê thi diem thúy
Moro like me / Francisco Goldman
The road from Ballygunge / Bharati Mukherjee
Reflections on my daughter / David Mura
Life as an alien / Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Lost in the middle / Malcolm Gladwell
The funeral banquet / Lisa See
A white woman of color / Julia Álvarez
A middle passage / Philippe Wamba
Food and the immigrant / Indira Ganesan
What color is Jesus? / James McBride
Postcards from "home" / Lori Tsang
From here to Poland / Nina Mehta
Technicolor / Rubén Martínez
An ethnic Trump / Gish Jen
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010