A review by lifeinpoetry
When I Was White: A Memoir by Sarah Valentine

2.0

This was a difficult one because there are certain points where it feels like the author was comfortable with the racism within her family because it wasn't aimed at her but she's also a Black woman who spent most of her early life brainwashed to believe she was white. She heard the racist things white people say when there are no people of color around and was comfortable until it was aimed at her. There's some cringe stuff like her childhood nickname being 'beaner' and general racism and lack of awareness until she learns that her father is Black. Oh, and some stray ableism.

The whole chapter full of pseudo-philosophical conversations at Denny's should have been cut.