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Interracial adoption -- United States -- Biography.
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Carroll, Rebecca.
Carroll, Rebecca.
Interracial adoption -- United States -- Biography.
Adopted children -- Biography.
Race awareness in children -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town).
Blacks -- United States -- Race identity.
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Surviving the white gaze : a memoir /
Rebecca
Carroll
.
by
Carroll
,
Rebecca
.
Simon & Schuster, c2021.
Call #:
305.48896 C319s
Subjects
Carroll
,
Rebecca
.
Interracial adoption -- United States -- Biography.
Adopted children -- Biography.
Race awareness in children -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town).
Blacks -- United States -- Race identity.
ISBN:
9781982116255 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
318 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic
Rebecca
Carroll
recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America.
Rebecca
Carroll
grew up the only black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic -- and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older. Everything changed when she met her birth mother, a young white woman, who consistently undermined Carroll’s sense of her blackness and self-esteem. Carroll’s childhood became harrowing, and her memoir explores the tension between the aching desire for her birth mother’s acceptance, the loyalty she feels toward her adoptive parents, and the search for her racial identity. As an adult,
Carroll
forged a path from city to city, struggling along the way with difficult boyfriends, depression, eating disorders, and excessive drinking. Ultimately, through the support of her chosen black family, she was able to heal. Intimate and illuminating, Surviving the White Gaze is a timely examination of racism and racial identity in America today, and an extraordinarily moving portrait of resilience."--From publisher.
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Memoirs.
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