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Reflections on “The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl”

JL;DR SUMMARY Marra B. Gad's memoir, "The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl," explores her dual identity as a Black and Jewish woman adopted by a white Ashkenazi family in 1970s Chicago, navigating the racial and cultural challenges within the American Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityChicagoMemoirCommunityRacism1970sInclusivitySelf AcceptanceMixed RaceMarra B. Gad

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Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl is a beautiful memoir by Marra B. Gad, a Black Jewish woman from Chicago who was adopted by a white-passing Ashkenazi family in the 1970s."
Uganda
"Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba is a writer and the executive director of Tikvah Chadasha Uganda, a non-profit organization serving disabled women and girls in the Jewish community of Uganda."

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