Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self

Author Rebecca Walker Publisher Riverhead Books 2001 Format paperback Condition like new Summary Rebecca Walker’s Black, White & Jewish is a deeply moving and unflinching memoir that explores identity, belonging, and self-discovery. Born to a Black civil rights lawyer father and a white Jewish mother—the celebrated writer Alice Walker—Rebecca grew up straddling two worlds, never fully at home in either. Raised between New York’s progressive intellectual scene and the more conservative, predominantly Black neighborhoods of the South, Walker shares her coming-of-age story with striking vulnerability. Her journey unfolds in a series of evocative vignettes that capture the dissonance of growing up biracial in America, navigating shifting family structures, racial tensions, and cultural expectations. She reflects on love, loss, and the complex process of forging an identity in a society that often demands clear-cut definitions. With lyrical prose and raw honesty, Black, White & Jewi