pick1/52 Excellent book to start the year! The writing alone is beautifully crafted. The subject matter, though, is necessary reading. I am working to change my “white gaze,” this book is an excellent explanation of all the ways whiteness harms BIPOC, and proximity to whiteness is no protection.
pickI cannot describe how important this story is - from interracial adoption to family trauma to anti-blackness - there is so much to learn from Rebecca‘s story and experience.
pickThis is a hell of a memoir. The author, who is Black, was raised by adoptive white parents, who loved her but didn‘t do much parenting. When she is 11, she meets her birth mother, Tess, a white woman who is racist and manipulative and proceeds to derail the author‘s life for her own gain. It was infuriating to watch as every single adult abandoned their responsibilities to her emotional and physical safety.
pickRebecca Carroll takes a clear-eyed look back on her childhood & young adulthood in this moving memoir about growing up biracial in her white adoptive family, & being the only brown-skinned person in her New England community. Immersion in white culture didn‘t protect her from experiencing stark racism. Then, meeting her manipulative white birth mother really messed with Carroll‘s sense of identity. Excellent #audiobook read by the author.
Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir | 
