TALKING ABOUT IDENTITY

Encounters in Race, Ethnicity,and Language


Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction:

Encounters in Race, Ethnicity, and Language, Carl E. James

Part I: Who's Canadian, Anyway?

"Where Are You Really From?" Notes of an "Immigrant" from North Buxton, Ontario, Adrienne Shadd

What's Your Background?, Kai James

Jewish, Canadian, or Québécios? Notes on a Diasporic Identity, Susan Judith Ship

Québécitude: An Ambiguous Identity, Guy Bédard

I Want to Call Myself Canadian, Katalin Szepesi

Hello, My Name Is . . . , Katalin Szepesi

Part II: Growing up "Different"

My Mother Used to Dance, Valerie Bedassigae Pheasant

Zebra: Growing up Black and White in Canada, Lawrence Hill

I am Canadian but My Father is German, Lori Weber

Present Company Excluded, of Course . . . Revisited, Stan Isoki

Back in High School, Robert Edison Sandiford and Nicholas Anthony Hurley

Part III: Roots of Identity, Routes to Knowing

Revealing Moments: The Voice of One Who Lives with Labels, Didi Khayatt

German-Japanese-American-Canadian: Chapters in a Twentieth-Century Life, Gottfried Paasche

It Was Always There? Looking for Identity in All the (Not) So Obvious Places, howard ramos

The Elusive and Illusionary: Identifying of Me, Not by Me, Camille Hernández-Ramdwar

Is It Japanese Artist or Artist Who Is Japanese?, Lillian Blakey

Corridors: Language as Trap and Meeting Ground, Angèle Denis

A Black Canadian Woman of Diverse Ethnic Origins, Marlene Jennings

Part IV: Race Priviledge and Challenges

I've Never Had a Black Teacher Before, Carl E. James

White Teacher, Black Literature, Leslie Sanders

"Whiteness" in Academia, Luis M. Aguiar

Learning from Discomfort: A Letter to My Daughters, Barb Thomas

The "Race Consciousness" of a South Asian (Canadian, of Course) Female Academic, Arun Mukherjee

There's a White Man in My Bed: Scenes from an Interracial Marriage, Pui Yee Beryl Tsang

Part V: Confronting Stereotypes and Racism

I Didn't Know You Were Jewish . . . and Other Things Not to Say When You Find Out, Ivan Kalmar

But You Are Different: In Conversation With a Friend, Sabra Desai

Ties That Bind and Ties That Blind: Race and Class Intersections in the Classroom, Paul Orlowski

"We Are All the Same-Just Because You Are Black Does Not Matter," Gifty Serbeh-Dunn and Wayne Dunn

Can Blacks Be Racist? Further Reflections on Being "Too Black and African," Henry Martey Codjoe

Why Are People So Angry? The Question of Black Rage, Adrienne Shadd

Interrogations, Stephen Patel

References

Contributers

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