{"id":55259,"date":"2017-11-27T00:46:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=55259"},"modified":"2017-11-27T00:46:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:46:53","slug":"julie-lythcott-haims-on-being-a-real-american-and-growing-up-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=55259","title":{"rendered":"Julie Lythcott-Haims on Being a \u2018Real American\u2019 and Growing Up Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julie Lythcott-Haims on Being a \u2018Real American\u2019 and Growing Up Black<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Forum<\/a>
\nKQED Radio<\/a>
\nSan Francisco, California
\n2017-09-14<\/p>\n

Mina Kim<\/strong><\/a>, Host<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nJulie Lythcott-Haims<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n

Julie Lythcott-Haims<\/a> sold Girl Scout cookies<\/a> and later ran track in high school. But as a black and biracial woman, Lythcott-Haims says her identity was often questioned, even though she felt as American as her peers. As the descendant of a South Carolina<\/a> slave and her owner, Lythcott-Haims writes, \u201cI\u2019m so American it hurts,\u201d She joins Forum<\/em> to talk about her book \u201cReal American: A Memoir<\/a>\u201d, what it means to be a real American and the racism and microaggressions<\/a> she faced throughout her life…<\/p>\n

Download the interview (00:53:00) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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