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White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing

White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing

As seen on The Today Show! â€œImportant in helping us understand Americaâ€™s complex racial history.â€â€”Kenyatta D. Berry, Host of PBSâ€™s Genealogy Roadshow

White Like Her: My Familyâ€™s Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasikâ€™s motherâ€™s â€œpassing,â€ Gailâ€™s struggle with the shame of her motherâ€™s choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption.

In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her African-American motherâ€™s decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness.

Haunted by her motherâ€™s fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her motherâ€™s racial lineage, tracing her family back to eighteenth-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she looks at race and heritage.

With a foreword written by Kenyatta Berry, host of PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, this unique and fascinating story of coming to terms with oneself breaks down barriers.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781510724129
ReleaseDate 2017-10-17
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781510724129

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