[LM_NET] HIT: Biracial background stories

[James Lerman <pronto30@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Thanks to the gentlelisters who responded. Came up with a nice collection.
If you have anything to add, please get in touch and I'll post another hit.
Here's the original request:
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Dear Listers:
I'm looking for titles of novels, or collections of fiction, or essays
that highlight people of mixed (black and white) parentage. I'm looking
for insights into the ways people have come to terms with their mixed
heritage; their struggles and triumphs. Both female and male characters
are fine. Material should be on an adult down to upper high school
level. Time frame should be 20th or 21st century, preferably mid-20th.
Thanks so much!
James Lerman
principal
New Vista
New York, NY
pronto30@earthlink.net

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Results

Wolf by the Ears by Ann Rinaldi (based on Harriet Hemmings, Sally
Hemmings daughter)



Monument by Gary Paulsen



Jubilee by Margaret Walker



Plain City by Virginia Hamilton

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher is about T.J. Jones, a white, Japanese, and
Black teen who was adopted by white parents. He struggles with issues of
rage due to racist treatment he receives and his adoption. A great book

Cane River by Lalita Tademy. An adult novel, an Oprah selection,

check it out on Amazon.com. Traces family history from slave to

present day.

Half and half: writers on growing up biracial and bicultural / edited
and with an introduction by Claudine Chiawei O'Hearn. New York: Pantheon
Books, c1998.


What are you? : voices of mixed-race young people / [edited by] Pearl
Fuyo Gaskins. New York: Henry Holt, 1999. 1999.



Proudly red and black: stories of African and Native Americans / William
Loren Katz and Paula A. Franklin. New York: Atheneum; Toronto: Maxwell
Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.
c1993. (OK, not WHITE/black, but interesting variation of the issue)



Transracial adoption and foster care: practice issues for professionals
/Joseph Crumbley. Washington, D.C.: CWLA Press, c1999. c1999.This book
has a tremendous list of resources: parent support groups, Organizations
and agencies, lists of magazines, websites, videos, books for parents,
etc., but the primary focus is on adoptions. The child may not be
bi-racial, but the family is.



I am who I am: speaking out about multiracial identity / by Kathlyn Gay.
New York: F. Watts, c1995. c1995.



Interracial relationships / Bryan J. Grapes, book editor. San Diego:

Greenhaven Press, 2000. 2000. Edgar Allan / John Neufeld. New York: New
American Library, [1969, c1968]



Interracial America: opposing viewpoints / Bonnie Szumski, book
editor.San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c1996.

Subjects Multicultural -- Nonfiction. United States -- Race relations.

Description: 237 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Contents: Should America's Racial
Differences be Emphasized? -- Is Racism to Blame for Blacks' Lack of
Success? -- Will Immigration Lead to an Interracial Crisis? -- How has
Affirmative Action Affected Race Relations? – How Should Society Treat
Interracial Families?

An excellent collection of that I have just finished reading is WHAT ARE
YOU? VOICES OF MIXED-RACE YOUNG PEOPLE, edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins
(Holt, 1999, 0-8050-5968-7). This collection includes poems and essays
written by mixed- and biracial young adults, from age 14-28, most
between 18-22. There is an extensive resource list in the back that
includes fiction, nonfiction, listserves, web sites, advocacy
associations, and more.

I love Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher!

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