A review by chirson
Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker

3.0

After thirty pages I was sure I was going to give the book a full four stars, but things became a little repetitive afterwards. The style especially. The non-linear fragments were interesting stylistically, but at times made it difficult to follow the trajectory, so to speak. I was never quite sure how old Walker was at any given time, unless she specifically mentioned her age.

I am looking forward to reading her second memoir, the famously controversial one.

(And I do not mean to sound judgmental, and it is not a criticism of the book - or Rebecca Walker - but I found it so strange to read about her early teen sexual experience. At that age my friends and I watched Sailor Moon and imagined making out with Mamoru (or the various gender-shifting characters on that show).)