“Although I am not biracial, I could relate to Angela's hurt and pain of feeling like an outsider around other black people and in white society.
The genius about Angela is that she is brutally honest with herself and with you as the reader. I never laughed so hard out loud at issues that were painful for her which I know are painful to experience, but she puts humor to it for you to see how absurd some people can be.
There was a reviewer here from Amazon who gave her book a terrible review. I sympathize for them because they did not get what Angela wanted her reader to come away with. Though she has her issues with some people, she has learned to accept herself and love her dual identity.
How would you feel if someone asked you all the time - what are you? That is painful if they cannot see that you are human instead of trying to categorize you.
I get this question asked me all the time and I am a brown skinned sister with no questions that I am African American/black/negro but some people feel that if you have keen features that you have something "other in you."
We all do but I identify as black. Just remember the old saying, "one drop of black blood" and you are African American/black.
Angela brings a 21st century voice to the mixed raced genre.
I highly recommend that everyone read the book!
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2Serenity wrote this review Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
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