false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705355m/5822347.jpg 5822347 5 Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. “He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol—telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. He walked like a black man, he talked like a black man and he played sports like a black man. You couldn’t tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried,” writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down with all-thingsblack. But Mishna didn’t fit in with the other kids in her neighborhood: she couldn’t dance, she couldn’t sing, she couldn’t double dutch and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. Yet when she was finally sent to a rich all-white school, she was too black to fit in with her white classmates—and she was more uncool than ever.  This hip, funny memoir will have readers howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black or white in America. 5994388 26 5 2009 I'm Down: a memoir total:473|5:65|4:191|3:171|2:39|1:7| 473 1687 1166 168 3 1 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:24:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:36:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:26:57 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:26:57 -0800 2009
Mishna Wolff was born to white hippie parents in Vermont. However, when her family moves back to Seattle, her father drops the pretense of being "a white man" and becomes the "black man" he fancies himself to be. Having grown up in a predominantly black nei...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 22:36:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 00:58:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:40:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:47:06 -0700 2009 I'm Down purports to be both a ragingly funny family-dysfunction memoir à la Sedaris or Burroughs, and a perceptive take on racial identity. It's neither, but that shouldn't stop Wolff, who was raised by a white single father in the black working-class town of Rainier Valley, Washing...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:26:15 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:59:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 03:46:33 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 14:23:43 -0700 2009
This book is fascinating and mesmerizing. Wolff tells the story of her upbringing with amazing humor and calm. Throughout the book, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Her style is clear...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 06:15:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 21:26:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:37:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:45:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:22:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:35:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 21:52:20 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:33:16 -0700 2009 I'm Down, is a wonderfully crafted memoir. Wolff tells of the complications that come along with not getting "it" and the perils of not being cool. She struggles to ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 19:30:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:15:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:51:34 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:51:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:50:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:03:47 -0700 2009 The author was raised in an all black neighborhood by her Jewish father (white) who felt he was a black man and lived his life and raised his 2 daughters to think of themselves as black. It was a memoir of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 11:27:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:27:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:43:02 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 21:52:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 07:46:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:51:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:52:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 18:03:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 22 06:42:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:13:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 14:56:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:13:52 -0700 2009
You also get a few insights i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:46:54 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 09:29:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5822347