White like her : my family's story of race and racial passing
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Skyhorse Publishing,
New York, NY :
2017.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasik's mother's "passing, " Gail's struggle with the shame of her mother's choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption. In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother'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 mother's fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother'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.
Details
- ISBN: 9781510724129 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table ; 24 cmprint
- Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.
- General Note: "As seen on Genealogy Roadshow."--Title page.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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Subjects
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Kalina, Alvera Frederic,
1921-2014.
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Lukasik, Gail >
Family.
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African American women >
Biography.
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African American women >
Race identity >
Case studies.
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African Americans >
Race identity >
Case studies.
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Mothers and daughters >
United States >
Biography.
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Passing (Identity) >
United States >
Case studies.
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Racially mixed women >
Race identity >
United States.
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Racially mixed women >
United States >
Biography.
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United States >
Race relations.