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Inside Separate Worlds
Life Stories of Young Blacks, Jews, and Latinos
Young people speak about being identified as part of an ethnic minority in the United States
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Fourteen young Black, Jewish, and Latino authors provide a provocatively open and honest look into their lives. Their stories represent what have been secret worlds for those from other groups, and much of what they say is often unspoken even among their peers. They speak of the support, confidence, and pride of being an identified member of an ethnic group, and they speak of the powerful hurts of racism.
These deeply personal autobiographies give an eye-opening glimpse of their lives and thoughts as members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
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Contents
Part 1: Introduction
Inside Separate Worlds
David Schoem 3
Part 2: From the Margins to Center Stage
Surviving in the Barrio
Amelia Valdez 21
I Never Quite Fit In
Matthew H. Wexley 34
Mis Palabras
Carlos Arturo Manjarrez 50
A History of Survival: The Study of the Women in My Family
Max Gordon 64
Part 3: Breaking the Silence
Bean Soup: A Collection of Letters
Lauren B. Shapiro 95
An Individual Perspective on Life as a Black Female
Sherri Lynn Campbell 110
Me---Who I Am Proud Of
Leslie Riette Fair 127
Susu, and Men's Voices, Too
Nicole Hall 142
A Conflict of Soul
Andre Reynolds 163
Part 4: The View from Inside
Inner Strength: Being African and American
John B. Diamond 181
Jewish Identity: One Person's Experience
Steven Blonder 203
Yo Soy Chicana
Anne M. Martinez 223
Reflections
Sabrina Austin 235
I'm Not Really Jewish
Joey M. Goldman 253
Contributors 277
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