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An unforgettable memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer??s strikesIn 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight??but they quickly realized the world wasn??t ready for a family like theirs.Marra??s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father was black. While still a child, Marra came to realize that she was ??a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn.? In black spaces, she was not ??black enough? or told that it was okay to be Christian or Muslim but not Jewish. In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. Even in her own extended family, racism bubbled to the surface.Marra??s family cut out those relatives who could not tolerate the color of her skin??including her once beloved, glamorous, worldly Great-Aunt Nette. After they had been estranged for fifteen years, Marra discovers that Nette has Alzheimer??s and that only she is in a position to get Nette back to the only family she has left. Instead of revenge, Marra chooses love and watches as the disease erases her aunt??s racism, making space for a relationship that was never possible before.The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means ??inheritance? in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family??identity, disease, melanin, hate, and, most powerful of all, love. With honesty, insight, and warmth, Marra B. Gad has written an inspirational, moving chronicle proving that, when all else is stripped away, love is where we return… (más)
Marra B. Gad is what she refers to as a "mixed-race Jewish unicorn." Her biological parents are a white Jewish woman and a black father. Marra's adoptive parents are white and Jewish. This memoir brings the focus of these experiences down to one relationship - Marra's Great-Aunt Nette. At times, the book reads as self-serving, but it is ultimately a story about family and love. Choosing love is always good idea.
I did not like this writing and found so many times that dates or ages had to be wrong. However, I thought it was important for me to learn about this woman's experiences as a biracial Jew and that made it worthwhile. ( )
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“the wounds have changed me. i am so soft with scars my skin breathes and beats stars.—NAYYIRAH WAHEED”
“Something to remember when hope gets hard: Anything is possible and love is the only way forward.—CLEO WADE”
Dedicatoria
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For my mother, Ellie, who always wants me to sing so that people can hear me . . . including this song of myself
Primeras palabras
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My friend Rosa often says she is amazed that I can be loving.
Citas
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“Jews are white and black people aren't Jewish. And yet, here I am: a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn.”
“Racism wrapped in the guise of friendship is perhaps one of the cruelest forms.”
Últimas palabras
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“I only know who I am because of the choice I did make. That to live and act from a place of love is what is right for me. And for me, that is enough.”
An unforgettable memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer??s strikesIn 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight??but they quickly realized the world wasn??t ready for a family like theirs.Marra??s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father was black. While still a child, Marra came to realize that she was ??a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn.? In black spaces, she was not ??black enough? or told that it was okay to be Christian or Muslim but not Jewish. In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. Even in her own extended family, racism bubbled to the surface.Marra??s family cut out those relatives who could not tolerate the color of her skin??including her once beloved, glamorous, worldly Great-Aunt Nette. After they had been estranged for fifteen years, Marra discovers that Nette has Alzheimer??s and that only she is in a position to get Nette back to the only family she has left. Instead of revenge, Marra chooses love and watches as the disease erases her aunt??s racism, making space for a relationship that was never possible before.The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means ??inheritance? in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family??identity, disease, melanin, hate, and, most powerful of all, love. With honesty, insight, and warmth, Marra B. Gad has written an inspirational, moving chronicle proving that, when all else is stripped away, love is where we return
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