Mixed: My Life in Black and White
Publisher
Villard
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780345481146
Pages
228 pages
Genre
memoir
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
A look at growing up biracial in America in an interracial family, the complications of her parents' divorce and her move to an all-black neighborhood, and how she learned to define herself and embrace all aspects of her background.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Divorce; Biracial; Interracial; divorced parents; biracial adult; mixed race; interracial parents
Main Character
adult female
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
divorced mother and father
Keywords
personal experience; Philadelphia; Scrubs; racial identity; coming-of-age; bullying; dating
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Nissel, Angela, "Mixed: My Life in Black and White" (2006). Diverse Families. 165.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/165