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Mehra, Nishta.
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Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
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Mehra, Nishta.
Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
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Brown
,
white
,
black
: an
American
family
at the
intersection
of
race
,
gender
,
sexuality
, and
religion
/ Nishta Mehra.
by
Mehra, Nishta.
Picador, 2019.
Call #:
305.800973 M498b
Subjects
Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
United States --
Race
relations.
ISBN:
9781250133557 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
211 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"
Brown
White
Black
is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's
family
: her wife, who is
white
; her adopted child, Shiv, who is
black
; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of
race
,
gender
, and
sexuality
. Her clear-eyed and incisive writing on her
family
's daily struggle to make space for themselves amid racial intolerance and stereotypes personalizes some of America's most fraught issues. Mehra writes candidly about her efforts to protect and shelter Shiv from racial slurs on the playground and from intrusive questions by strangers while educating her child on the realities and dangers of being
black
in America. In other essays, she discusses growing up in the racially polarized city of Memphis; coming out as queer; being an adoptive mother who is
brown
; and what it's like to be constantly confronted by people's confusion, concern, and expectations about her child and her
family
. Above all, Mehra argues passionately for a more nuanced and compassionate understanding of identity and
family
. Both poignant and challenging,
Brown
White
Black
is a remarkable portrait of a loving
family
on the front lines of some of the most highly charged conversations in our culture."--From publisher..
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