Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Pearl Fuyo Gaskins: What Are You? Voices of mixed-race young people

Unfamiliar with people who come from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities? Do you think you know all there is to know about biracial/multicultural people? In a series of vignettes Gaskins has assembled a variety of voices who all share their experiences concerning growing up multiracial. Valuable resources students, teachers, and families can take advantage of have been compiled in a useful section, and the stories chosen cover a wide variety of issues—from dating to negative encounters about their heritage—this text is a down-to-earth collection useful for anyone interested in people.

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