I'm down: a memoir
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
ISBN:
9780312379094, 0312379099
Physical Desc:
x, 273 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Status:
Description
Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol--telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down. Unfortunately, Mishna didn't quite fit in with the neighborhood kids: she couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double dutch, and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. She was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too "black" to fit in with her white classmates. I'm Down is a hip, hysterical, and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.
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PN2287 .W55 A3 2010
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GCP Glenwd Non Fiction
BIO WOL
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Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.1, 12 Points
Level 5.1, 12 Points
Lexile measure:
820
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's, 2009.
General Note
Author Q&A and Reading group guide ([4] p.) included.
Description
Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol--telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down. Unfortunately, Mishna didn't quite fit in with the neighborhood kids: she couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double dutch, and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. She was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too "black" to fit in with her white classmates. I'm Down is a hip, hysterical, and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wolff, M. (2010). I'm down: a memoir. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wolff, Mishna. 2010. I'm Down: A Memoir. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wolff, Mishna, I'm Down: A Memoir. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wolff, Mishna. I'm Down: A Memoir. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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