Real American

Description:

Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African-American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called "micro" aggressions in addition to blunt force insults can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims's path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other.".

subjects: Race relations,  Race identity,  Racially mixed people,  Race,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations,  Social conditions,  Biography,  United states, race relations,  New york (n.y.), biography,  Virginia, biography,  California, biography,  New York Times reviewed,  Social aspects,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Cultural Heritage,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Discrimination & Race Relations

People: Julie Lythcott-Haims

Places: United States,  New York (N.Y.),  Reston (Va.),  Stanford (Calif.),  Palo Alto (Calif.)