High yella: a modern family memoir
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The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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"They called him "pale-faced or mixed race." They called him "light, bright, almost white." But most of the time his family called him "high yella." Steve Majors was the light-skinned youngest son who stood out from the rest of his all Black family. High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir is the poignant account of how he left his family behind in search of a new identity in a world that saw him as white. Eventually he must reconcile his own search for self when he adopts two black daughters who begin to question their own place in the world. High Yella traces two important journeys: Majors' struggle with his racial and sexual identities, and his struggle to keep from making the same mistakes his own family made as he ventures into gay parenthood. This memoir of one diverse and modern American family delivers hard-won lessons for all families on love, life and family ties"--
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African American families
African American families -- Biography
African American gay men
African American gay men -- Biography
African Americans
African Americans -- Color
African Americans -- Race identity
African Americans -- Social conditions
Color
Gay parents
Gay parents -- United States -- Biography
Gay people
Gay people -- Identity
Identity
Majors, Stephen
Majors, Stephen, -- 1966-
Race identity
Social conditions
African American families -- Biography
African American gay men
African American gay men -- Biography
African Americans
African Americans -- Color
African Americans -- Race identity
African Americans -- Social conditions
Color
Gay parents
Gay parents -- United States -- Biography
Gay people
Gay people -- Identity
Identity
Majors, Stephen
Majors, Stephen, -- 1966-
Race identity
Social conditions
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9780820360317
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Gay people -- Identity
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African Americans
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Gay people
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Social conditions
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