Bernestine Singley, ’71
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal
Histories, by Bernestine Singley, ’71, and Derrick Bell, editors. Paperback, 352
pages, Lawrence Hill & Co., January 2004.
Bernestine Singley has been an assistant attorney general in both Massachusetts
and Texas and has contributed to a number of anthologies, including Children
of the Dream.
Quoting Vernon Ford in Booklist: “This book of essays and commentaries
from black and white people of various ages, economic status, and sexual orientations
focuses on the social imposition of race as a reality. The contributors recall
how race as a reality was introduced into their lives, how it is forever present
in their lives, and how it is negotiated, challenged, or ignored….The
essays, while rich in individual insights, collectively reflect the complexity
of how American ideals of equality fall prey to the blindness of a colored
history.”
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