an amazing book i need to recommend - Ace of Spades by David Matthews

[movehalfaninch]

this is my first posting. hello! my name is sarah, and i'm half black half jewish. my mother is jewish.

A friend of mine recommended a book called 'Ace of Spades' by David Matthews (you can find it here: http://tr.im/iGsu), and I love it so much. I'm half way through it and I can't believe how great this book is. It's so funny and personable.

Comments

[snowowl]

Why do they call him white if he is clearly Jewish? He isn't even half-black by Jewish standards, since his mother was Jewish.

http://www.jewfaq.org/whoisjew.htm

[movehalfaninch]

well, when you meet someone, typically they don't wonder if you're white or jewish. but they can see if you're black or white -- most of the time. the point of the book is his struggles in this identity issue.

this is what he looks like, btw:

[snowowl]

It's fine if you're simply talking about his experiences with people on the street who don't think about that -- but I'm responding to the review from The New Yorker, who surely knew better. I don't think Jews would appreciate it if a major news publication called someone Jewish who is not in the least, but for some reason the media has no problem doing the reverse. It's weird.

[movehalfaninch]

i dont really understand what you're talking about.

A person can be jewish and white.
A person can be white and jewish.
David Matthews is as much black as he is jewish. he wasn't raised with ANY jewish influences, but his black father -- a very major black activist -- raised him and so his black influences are strong. furthermore, a person's melatonin doesn't necessarily mean that they're not a certain race.