02074cam a2200457 i 4500 1698691795 TxAuBib 20241105120000.0 180531s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018024338 9781250133557 1250133556 (OCoLC)1039212569 TxAuBib rda Mehra, Nishta, author. Essays Selections. Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / by Nishta J. Mehra. American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion. First edition. New York : Picador, 2019. 211 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier All-American ethnic girl -- Black is the color of my true love's hair -- Working the trap -- Voluntarily bald -- Wrestling with ghosts -- Cult of motherhood -- The sin of our security -- Raising Shiv -- Making space -- Pretending to be white -- (Not) passing -- This is what a family looks like. Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms. 20241105. Mehra, Nishta J. Lesbian mothers United States Biography. Racially mixed families United States Biography. Interfaith families United States Biography. Family relationships Biographies. Multiracial families United States Biography. United States Race relations. United States. Biography. Nonfiction. local Autobiographies. LGBTQ+ Biographies. TXKPL