http://theabandonedboys.com/blog/2009/03/14/books-family-tree-by-barbara-delinsky/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:31:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://theabandonedboys.com/blog/2009/03/14/books-family-tree-by-barbara-delinsky/comment-page-1/#comment-116 April Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:24:38 +0000 http://theabandonedboys.com/blog/?p=261#comment-116 That's true, about people casting out those who are not "x enough" and perhaps that colours my perceptions of the characters in the book. As one who has been cast out for those reasons, I suppose I can't help but do the same to others, fictional though they may be i.e. "If I don't count, neither do you." That’s true, about people casting out those who are not “x enough” and perhaps that colours my perceptions of the characters in the book. As one who has been cast out for those reasons, I suppose I can’t help but do the same to others, fictional though they may be i.e. “If I don’t count, neither do you.”

]]> http://theabandonedboys.com/blog/2009/03/14/books-family-tree-by-barbara-delinsky/comment-page-1/#comment-115 pete Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:53:34 +0000 http://theabandonedboys.com/blog/?p=261#comment-115 The question then is - is there more to being African American than skin colour? If so what and does this apply to the blond ones? There are many in every culture and sub-culture who cast out those who are not - dark enough, light enough, tall enough, short enough, gay enough, straight enough - because they could not possibly have an authentic experiential understanding of what it "really" means to be part of the culture. The question then is – is there more to being African American than skin colour? If so what and does this apply to the blond ones? There are many in every culture and sub-culture who cast out those who are not – dark enough, light enough, tall enough, short enough, gay enough, straight enough – because they could not possibly have an authentic experiential understanding of what it “really” means to be part of the culture.

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