[Genealib] One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life

[Barbara Hill]

I'm reading it now.  It's a very long book, and not really very 
genealogical, but is a good read.  What has struck me the most (so 
far) is that the author found herself in a position to notice how 
very subtle prejudice can be.  Not many "white people" are ever in a 
position to understand that.  She explains it very well.

Barbara Hill


At 03:33 AM 10/13/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>This sounds like an interesting book.
>
>Sharon Centanne
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest One Drop: My Father's Hidden 
>Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:05:55 EDT
>From: <mailto:Smileson at aol.com>Smileson at aol.com
>Reply-To: <mailto:laorlean at rootsweb.com>laorlean at rootsweb.com
>To: <mailto:laorlean at rootsweb.com>laorlean at rootsweb.com
>
>
>
>  Book Review: Genealogy shows race isn't a black-and-white issue A
>half-hidden family history prompted Bliss Broyard to examine her 
>father's mixed racial
>lineage, which left a legacy of confusion and an interesting story
>  By JANET MASLIN
>NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, NEW YORK
>Sunday, Sep 30, 2007, Page 19
>
>One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets
>  By Bliss Broyard
>
>After the literary critic Anatole Broyard died in 1990, his family arranged a
>memorial reception at a suburban Connecticut yacht club. It was a club that
>claimed to have no black members until, after Broyard's death, his 
>mixed racial
>lineage was made known. After that, the club cited him as evidence of
>integration.

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