Divided to the Vein: A Journey Into Race and Family
Born of a favored son of Chicago's aspiring black bourgeoisie and the idealistic daughter of white Southeast Missouri farmers, Scott Minerbrook grew up in the 1950s and '60s in a world characterized by both the highest ideals of racial integration and the grim realities of racial separatism and willful ignorance. In his late thirties, Minerbrook set out to claim the white grandparents who had refused to recognize his existence. Despite their determination to "keep things just as they are," he knew that bringing down the daunting barrier called race was essential to his humanity, and to theirs. In the course of his journey, Minerbrook takes a hard look at his upbringing and at the lives of his parents and considers how their habits of mind have touched his. Lyrically written, painfully honest, psychologically and socially astute, Minerbrook's memoir challenges all of us to overcome the cult of race and to move beyond it.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0151931070
ISBN13:9780151931071
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"
Customer Reviews
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GREAT
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I read this for a book report. It really shows the inhumanity of humaninty!!!!
Divided to the Vein - Scott Minerbrook
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A brave and gutsy chronicle of an inter-racial family. Minerbrook draws vivid pictures of human beings struggling with cultural differences, gender issues, and parental failings as well as unyielding prejudice by both races. He never condemns, only describes grippingly. He not only survived; he achieved wholeness and stability despite stunning obstacles. I'll never look at a bi-racial person the same way again.
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