![]() ![]() When asked over and over if she’s proud of her mother, she eventually wants to ask in return, “Isn’t she supposed to be proud of me?”Ī quick, interesting, and well-written biography. Her story is also one in which she longed to establish her identity as a writer, especially in the shadow of her celebrated mother. At one point, she wondered if her great-grandparents on each side would have fully claimed and embraced her. to suspicion during the rise of Black Power. She comments on her identity struggle at a time when attitudes in America toward interracial relationships shifted from acceptance during the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr. ![]() ![]() In each new setting, she felt a need to redefine herself in order to fit in, and she longed for each side to recognize her as family. Her biography focuses on her upbringing, in which she was shuttled among family in Mississippi, San Francisco, the Bronx, and Washington DC after her mom and her Jewish father Mel Leventhal divorced. But her work definitely stands on its own, both in style and candor. It wasn’t until I was a quarter of a way into "Black, White & Jewish" that I realized she’s the daughter of famed African American writer Alice Walker. I heard of Rebecca Walker’s writing while reading an article about another individual, so I became interested in her work. ![]()
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