Crossing the Color Line

by Maureen T. Reddy

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Genres: Race

220 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[M Floyd]

This is an excellent exploration of life as a white mother of biracial children. Written in 1994, some of the concepts and theory are quite dated, but I still found it to be valuable. Reddy's observation that "interracial couples begin not as inheritors of a tradition, but as pioneers" is certainly true. Twenty years later, there are still few books that form a basis for a "written tradition" for parents of biracial children.

This book is not really a parenting guide, so if you are looking for a "how-to" parenting book, you will be disappointed (instead, see: Does Anybody Else Look Like Me by Donna Jackson Nakazawa). Also, its focus is very narrow, so if you are not a white mother of biracial children, this book may not speak to you.

I would love the author to write an updated version of this book!

[Laurie]

I read this book for school and I enjoyed it. I have been introduced to white privilege before, but this book really assisted me to explore the subject further and really got me to look at my life differently. I dug it.