Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons

Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons"I am Black," Jane Lazarre's son tells her. "I have a Jewish mother, but I am not 'biracial.' That term is meaningless to me." In this moving memoir, Jane Lazarre, the white Jewish mother of now adult Black sons, offers a powerful meditation on motherhood and racism in America as she tells the story of how she came to understand the experiences of her African American husband, their growing sons, and their extended family. Recounting her education, as

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author of The Vanishing HalfAn epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that demands fierce protectionIn this ingenious

ISBN-13 : 9781439164617

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780671040840

The poems sparkle with Marechera's unique wit

“Things That Matter points the way to free ourselves from the distractions of everyday life so that we can build the lives we seek to create

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two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism

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