A first-generation immigrant's exploration of race and assimilation in the United States, an American's journey into the heart of not-whiteness. Part memoir, part manifesto, Not Quite Not White is a searing appraisal of race and a path forward for the next not quite not white generation - a witty and sharply honest story of discovering that not-whiteness can be the very thing that makes people Americans.
About the book
A first-generation immigrant's exploration of race and assimilation in the United States, an American's journey into the heart of not-whiteness. Part memoir, part manifesto, Not Quite Not White is a searing appraisal of race and a path forward for the next not quite not white generation - a witty and sharply honest story of discovering that not-whiteness can be the very thing that makes people Americans.