International Interracial Association: Books

Books

Title Author(s) Notes
Beyond Race: The Bhagavad-gita in Black and White Charles Michael Byrd A book for those looking to "transcend America’s oppressive race-consciousness."
Black, White or Mixed Race Barbara Tizard and Anne Phoenix Routledge, London, 1993
Black, White, Other Funderburg, Lise Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity
Down These Mean Streets Thomas, Piri This autobiography tells Piri's story as a young Puerto Rican in NYC in the 30s and 40s struggling to come to grips with being dark skinned (reflecting a partial African ancestry) in a family where the siblings considered themselves "white." --Jerry Wemple
Foreigner I Loved, The Hasegawa, Katsuyuki A documentary novel that shows the difficulties of interracial dating, between Japanese and foreigners, due to the pressures of living in Japanese society.
[Bi-lingual. Published by the Hiragana Times.]
I Am Who I Am: Speaking Out About Multiracial Idenity Gay, Kathlyn Chapters include 1.The Many Faces of Prejudice; 2. Roots of Racial Concepts; 3. Coping w/Racism; 4. I Am Who I Am; 5. "Mixed" Families; 6. Stereotypes in the Media; 7. Multiracial People in Other Nations; 8. "Change Agents" Facilitators and Mediators; and 9. An "Emerging Population." Basically, the book is geared for young adults--high school, college, but is read by the general public. It's available from Franklin Watts/ Grolier (800-621-1115).
Language Acquisition of a Bilingual Child Dr. Alvino Fantini @
Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black Williams, Gregory Howard [NY: Penguin, 1995] This is one of the very best books I have ever read on the subject of race and interracial people. Not only is the story quite dramatic, as one can see by the title, but it is told in a very vigorous style, and the author has you laughing heartily one minute and shaking your head the next. Each chapter is savored by the reader, and one finds oneself eagerly looking forward to getting home and reading the next pages, as if it were the most intricate and enthralling of Dickens novels. But it is all a true story, and it is one of the greatest testimonies to the nature of American life that has ever been published. --Mark Perry
The Modern Madame Butterfly: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Cross-cultural Relationships Ma, Karen (Charles Tuttle Company, 1996) This book is about Japanese cross-cultural relationships.
ISBN 0-8048-2041-4
Through Different Eyes David Parker The Cultural Identities of Young Chinese People in Britain, Avebury, Aldershot, 1995
Various (1) A list of various book provided by Karen Downing.

Title	Author(s)	Notes
Beyond Race: The Bhagavad-gita in Black and White	Charles Michael Byrd	A book for those looking to "transcend America’s oppressive race-consciousness."
Black, White or Mixed Race	Barbara Tizard and Anne Phoenix	Routledge, London, 1993
Black, White, Other	Funderburg, Lise	Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity
Down These Mean Streets	Thomas, Piri	This autobiography tells Piri's story as a young Puerto Rican in NYC in the 30s and 40s struggling to come to grips with being dark skinned (reflecting a partial African ancestry) in a family where the siblings considered themselves "white." --Jerry Wemple
Foreigner I Loved, The	Hasegawa, Katsuyuki	A documentary novel that shows the difficulties of interracial dating, between Japanese and foreigners, due to the pressures of living in Japanese society. [Bi-lingual. Published by the Hiragana Times.]
I Am Who I Am: Speaking Out About Multiracial Idenity	Gay, Kathlyn	Chapters include 1.The Many Faces of Prejudice; 2. Roots of Racial Concepts; 3. Coping w/Racism; 4. I Am Who I Am; 5. "Mixed" Families; 6. Stereotypes in the Media; 7. Multiracial People in Other Nations; 8. "Change Agents" Facilitators and Mediators; and 9. An "Emerging Population." Basically, the book is geared for young adults--high school, college, but is read by the general public. It's available from Franklin Watts/ Grolier (800-621-1115).
Language Acquisition of a Bilingual Child	Dr. Alvino Fantini	@
Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black	Williams, Gregory Howard	[NY: Penguin, 1995] This is one of the very best books I have ever read on the subject of race and interracial people. Not only is the story quite dramatic, as one can see by the title, but it is told in a very vigorous style, and the author has you laughing heartily one minute and shaking your head the next. Each chapter is savored by the reader, and one finds oneself eagerly looking forward to getting home and reading the next pages, as if it were the most intricate and enthralling of Dickens novels. But it is all a true story, and it is one of the greatest testimonies to the nature of American life that has ever been published. --Mark Perry
The Modern Madame Butterfly: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Cross-cultural Relationships	Ma, Karen (Charles Tuttle Company, 1996)	This book is about Japanese cross-cultural relationships. ISBN 0-8048-2041-4
Through Different Eyes	David Parker	The Cultural Identities of Young Chinese People in Britain, Avebury, Aldershot, 1995
Various (1)		A list of various book provided by Karen Downing.

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