What is it like learning from a mother who is privy to a whole
different type of privilege than you? When was the first time you
realised your boyfriend was dating you to satisfy some weird
fetish? How demoralising was it to find out that Princess Jasmine,
your sole claim to Disney royalty, was based on a white model? What
impact did it have to play the entire Puerto Rican community in
West Side Story in your local theatre group? And was Parvati Patil
really such an appalling date for Harry? Part autobiography and
part critical commentary, join Laila Woozeer as she blends together
stories from her own life, looking specifically at the impact pop
culture and media representation has on non-white people and the
way they understand themselves, charting a narrative about being
mixed race that stems from the 90s until the present day. Her book
examines the multi-racial experience: the personal, emotional and
psychological impact of being mixed, without being reduced to two
separate representations of a person. In the UK alone, "mixed" is
the fastest growing census category, and the number of mixed race
people has risen by a quarter of a million in just 10 years. But
even so, mixed people are placed outside of the conversation - they
can speak directly to one of their communities but can't be all of
them at the same time. Except, that is exactly how mixed people
have to function all day, every day. Most of us agree that
Representation Matters - but why? What does that actually mean?
It's important to make these issues real - to attach them to a
human emotion or personal journey lest they become an abstract
phrase that just gets bandied around every time Hollywood release
another Very White cast list. That's where Laila comes in: the face
of the lived experience, sharing with you the cruelest and funniest
moments of her life for your delectation. The book is routed in her
own specific journey and introduces concepts as she chronologically
learned of them. She incorporates child psychology, academic texts,
and race theory without losing the personal connection, using
anecdotes and experience to truly get to the core of the issues
explored.
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