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We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America (2017) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare

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I meant to read one essay only. So I did, and then I turned the page. And another, another.
I read until my eyes burned and the hour was late, captivated by the wry, painful, humorous, thoughtful voices in this collection. When at last I turned off the light, I dreamt of being in Bronzeville in Chicago, with a childhood friend whose work is contained in this book.

“What are you?” So many of the essayists were confronted by that intrusive question throughout their lives—especially in childhood and adolescence. More than a question, it was a rude demand—explain to me why you look/sound/act the way you do. Just as often, presumptions were made (“you must be Puerto Rican/white/black/fill in the blank) and stereotypes confirmed.

“Many times, people told me to figure out who I was. But first, I passed. I did it consciously. That was my job: to figure out just exactly who you wanted me to be.”-- Lisa Page

This book arrives at an urgent juncture in American life: when others judge vociferously and mercilessly and, at the same time, so many of us are claiming our own identity in new and nuanced ways.

“I own this story. I don’t want it told uncharitably by an outsider,” writes M.G. Lord. In each of the fifteen pieces, the writer owns their story and tells it: charitably, boldly, baldly, courageously.

“I’m fifty-three years old, have been writing and thinking about race and race identity for over thirty years, and only now do I find out I have been passing all my life.” --Trey Ellis

Some of the writers passed (or were passed) as a different race, ethnicity or nationality; others were thought to be straight, goy, or a gender other than their own. And as Rafia Zakaria observes, “The burden of passing, its central fault, lies…in the requirement of deception that it imposes…the clear message of inadequacy, of falling short, of being less than an ideal, inferior to an original.”

These are essays that demand return visits because each contains rich memories and realizations. The title comes from Laurence Dunbar’s agonized poem of the same name but these authors have moved from agony to more nuanced perspectives. Get a copy; read it; give one to someone else who may need to learn from it—and that means all of us.

“And how I felt so happy, finally, when I realized that he wanted me simply for me, not for a version of me that passed, how I felt like a queen stretched out on my bed with him atop me, a queen who was being treated like royalty by this gentle giant of a man, regardless of what genitalia she had or did not.” --Gabrielle Bellot
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AnaraGuard | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 1, 2020 |
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A diverse set of stories rich with voice. The implications and consequences of masking one's true self are told with raw sincerity and beautiful prose. An important and interesting read, far too relevant in these times.
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Bookwormshawn | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 28, 2020 |
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(Note: I am writing this long overdue review on the ARC version that I received while as a member of the Early Reviewers program.)

This book is an okay book. I was intrigued by the theme of "passing" and racism and the varied length of each essay, but given that it took me a long time to finish this book, I couldn't come up with anything extremely positive or negative about it at all.
 
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saint_kat | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 14, 2020 |
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This is an excellent book that I highly recommend. Especially relevant in today's turbulent social climate - the essays in this book help you rethink race, class, and gender distinctions, why we make them, and why they are (not) useful. Every essay in this book is a gem.
 
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Shadow123 | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 30, 2018 |

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