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Black White & Jewish
Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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The Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol?and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal.
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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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This was more scandalous and salacious than I was expecting. I was curious to read about Rebecca Walker‘s upbringing as a child of mixed race and cultures but what I read was a story of neglectful parenting, numerous sexual escapades and unrecognized privilege. It was a compelling read but I would have like to learn more about her navigating chilhood. Now I‘m very eager to read Alice Walker‘s memoir. I wonder how she‘ll cover these same years.

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thereadingpal Oh I'm very curious about this book now, I gotta be honest. It seems like a really compelling read 3y
Graywacke I wouldn‘t have thought about this book and now I‘m fascinated after your posts. Do you have any reservations reading Alice Walker? (I would have to overcome mine.) 3y
Cinfhen I read The Color Purple and was really impressed with Walker‘s storytelling and compassion so to read her daughter‘s memoir and gain a totally different perspective about her as a parent, caretaker, responsible adult was SHOCKING @Graywacke @thereadingpal this book was written in the early 2000‘s so I wonder if Rebecca Walker has ever retracted any of her claims 3y
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thereadingpal @Cinfhen I'd have to read The Color Purple then this, to make a comparison, I think 🤔 it must really be shocking! 3y
Graywacke @Cinfhen Wikipedia says mother and daughter were estranged and later reconciled - with 2019 citations on their reconciliation. She must have had quite a childhood. 3y
Cinfhen I‘m not surprised by the estrangement nor the reconciliation- that‘s how life goes. Apparently Rebecca Walker penned additional books @Graywacke and it seems she‘s sort of stepped away from anything to do with her father. 3y
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Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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This one was winking at me yesterday. It‘s pretty interesting. Rebecca Walker is the daughter of Alice Walker, who was married to a Jewish man in the late 1960‘s. Im curious to read Alice Walker‘s new memoir after this.

thereadingpal Seems really interesting! Can't wait to hear your thoughts 3y
Cinfhen Will definitely keep you updated @thereadingpal 3y
TheBookHippie Oooo. Can‘t wait for your review! 3y
Graywacke Whoa 3y
Cinfhen Right @TheBookHippie @Graywacke it‘s turning out to be quite the memoir 3y
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Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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This zoom event sounds FASCINATING and it‘s FREE
Visit: The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center NYC for info and link to register
Author Rebecca Walker is daughter of Alice Walker 💜

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TheBookHippie Oooo thanks !! 4y
Chrissyreadit Off topic question - do you know if anyone posted spoilers for February BOTM? 4y
Cinfhen I see @Megabooks tagged you on the post from @swishandflick 💕💕💕 @Chrissyreadit Are you feeling any of the titles??? (edited) 4y
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Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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I loved this book. Yes, there were some awkward parts I could live without but it spoke to my heart. I'm also mixed and this is the first book that I could relate to on that level. Its insanely confusing to not fully fit in either world and have everyone tell you about different parts of yourself because of their notion of the two sides. The circumstances are different but so much of the feeling was the same. I was constantly amazed.

MallenNC She spoke at my college several years ago! 8y
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Erynecki
Erynecki
Black White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker
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I went to high school with Rebecca. Let's just be clear - she was one of the cool kids and I was not. But as I read her "autobiography of a shifting self," I see her and understand her high school persona and appeal from a very different perspective. Interesting read.

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