Black lotus
Subtitle: a woman's search for racial identity
By: Sil Lai Abrams
Edition: First Karen Hunter Publishing/Gallery books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Karen Hunter Publishing/Gallery Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781451688467
Subjects: Passing (Identity); Ethnicity; Race identity; Racially mixed people; Self-acceptance; Race relations; Biography
Description: "The unique and beautifully written story of one multiracial woman's journey of acceptance and identity that tackles the fraught topic of race in America. Sil Lai Abrams always knew she was different, with darker skin and curlier hair than her siblings. But when the man who she thought was her dad told her the truth--that her father was actually black--her whole world was turned upside down. Raised primarily in the Caucasian community of Winter Park, Florida, Abrams was forced to re-examine who she really was and struggle with her Caucasian, African American, and Chinese identities. In her remarkable memoir, she shares this journey and how it speaks to a larger question: Why does race matter? Black Lotus is a story of acceptance and identity but it is also a dialogue on the complex topic of race in this country by an award-winning writer and inspirational speaker"--