Teacher's Guide for in the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and Multiracial American
For the past four years, Arboleda has performed a highly successful one-man show, 'Ethnic Man,' throughout the U.S. This volume is his attempt to turn this largely autobiographical show into a book.  Engagingly written and highly accessible,In the Shadow of Racecontains many keen insights and useful observations...—CHOICEAn engaging odyssey of an individual coming to terms with personal, family, and social identity.  This is more than one person's experience, however, because Teja's story is the quintessential American dilemma, perhaps with more wrinkles than most. It is a story of the heartbreak and promise of the American dream.—Sonia NietoUniversity of MassachusettsMr. Arboleda's personal odyssey is quite powerful!....with implications for how we view other human beings, for understanding how cultural traditions exist concurrently, and how they might evolve into 'new' traditions....This book could take our thinking to the next level when we talk about race relations.—Thomassine SellersSan Francisco State UniversityFinding the answers to the question 'Who am I?' and 'Where do I belong' is a developmental process of finding one's identity....This does not happen automatically....It is a transformation. This transformation process of ethnic identity development is very charismatically told by Teja Arboleda....The story is not just about race and skin color or ethnicity, it is more importantly about how culture defines an individual's style and perspective....The importance of this book is that is demonstrates from a very personal perspective the search of self-identity that most people of color, immigrants, and interracial children are going through.—Barbara J. ShadeUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.