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In search of family, identity, and the truth about where I belong

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Author:
Lawton, Georgina  Search this
Physical description:
294 pages 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiographies
Autobiography
Place:
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
Date:
2021
Notes:
"Also published in Great Britain in 2021 by Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group"--Title page verso
NMAF copy 39088020157731 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment
Contents:
The secret -- Restarting -- Don't make a fuss -- Wearing someone else's face -- My lot -- City is a pity -- Did you lose your comb? -- Shame -- Time traveling -- Passing
Summary:
"Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina's insistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgment of her difference or access to Black culture, she lacked the coordinates to make sense of who she was. It was only after her father's death that Georgina began to unravel the truth about her parentage--and the racial identity that she had been denied. She fled from England and the turmoil of her home-life to live in Black communities around the globe--the US, the UK, Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Morocco--and to explore her identity and what it meant to live in and navigate the world as a Black woman. She spoke with psychologists, sociologists, experts in genetic testing, and other individuals whose experiences of racial identity have been fraught or questioned in the hopes of understanding how, exactly, we identify ourselves. Raceless is an exploration of a fundamental question: what constitutes our sense of self? Drawing on her personal experiences and the stories of others, Lawton grapples with difficult questions about love, shame, grief, and prejudice, and reveals the nuanced and emotional journey of forming one's identity."--Amazon.ca
Topic:
Black people--Race identity  Search this
Racially mixed people--Race identity  Search this
Identity (Psychology)  Search this
Racially mixed people--Social conditions  Search this
Racially mixed people  Search this
Women, Black  Search this
Journalists  Search this
Women journalists  Search this
Family secrets  Search this
IdentiteĢ (Psychologie)  Search this
Femmes noires  Search this
Femmes journalistes  Search this
Secrets de famille  Search this
Families  Search this
Black women  Search this
Blacks--Race identity  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157259