Notes of a White Black Woman (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Judy Scales-Trent
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Current affairs
- Subjects: Racism, Race, Biracial people, Education or educators, Law or legislation
Judy Scales-Trent draws on various genre techniques, including excerpts from a diary, anecdotes about private experiences, family history, pedagogical description, and commentary on social relations, to weave together a narrative that intertwines her explorations of self with the larger social context of race and identity. In her choice of title, as well as in her text, she attacks ideas of black-white dualism that are at the heart of racial prejudice against African Americans and have structured the patterns of historical discrimination against black citizens from slavery through...
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