In the end perhaps it is our errors, our failures, even more than our triumphs, that make us who we are. Maybe it is the failed marriages and the failed revolutions- if we do survive them- that forge our character and core identity. The fetus grow, impervious to the circumstances that conceived it. The fetus [...]
Archive for the ‘mixed race’ Category
interracial memoir
Posted in Danzy Senna, biracial, family, identity, interracial relationships, memoir, mixed race on July 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
transracial adoptees and marriage
Posted in Obama, adult adoptees, belonging, biracial, family, identity, marriage, mixed race, transracial adoptees on February 10, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’ve been silent for awhile… many sleepless nights and draining days with little children. I love them intensely and they completely exhaust me. And I’ve been mesmerized – along with the rest of the world – by the Obamas. Barack, Michelle, Sasha, Malia. I just finished reading Dreams From My Father. It was engaging and [...]
Zetta Elliott, Stranger in the Family
Posted in George Elliott Clarke, Zetta Elliott, african canadian, belonging, black canadians, family, identity, mixed race on February 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here is a review by George Elliott Clarke of Zetta Elliott’s memoir Stranger in the Family, an excellent book by a black (biracial) Canadian living in the States. The book does not discuss adoption, but I include it here because it addresses issues many transracial adoptees grapple with: belonging, home and “the shifting terrain upon [...]
