Seeking Personal Validation
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This book is a memoir written by an African American woman who grew up in therural south during the late 1930s and 1940s. Being poor and having to confront threetypes of prejudices-racial, colorism, which is light versus dark complexions withinthe Negro race, and poverty-affected her self esteem and feelings of self-worth.She was of a darker color than most of her relatives and had nappy hair whereastheirs was straight or loose curls. She dreamed of being a different person and inat least one instance, she tried to change her personal appearance in a non-sensiblemanner that could have been dangerous. ere were also family problems whileshe was growing up that added to her misery. She felt that she did not belong andwas not comfortable in any group in society; that there was nothing of value in herto contribute to her life or to any one elses. However, she worked hard in schoolhoping to make her family proud. Consequently, she was elected editor of the highschool weekly newspaper and editor of the senior class yearbook. She finished highschool and college with good grades and married a U.S. Air Force Officer on theevening of their commencement day. In her early twenties, just as her self esteemwas improving, an uncontrollable illness made her feel that she was living betweenheaven and hell. is sometimes put a strain on her marriage. However, she and herhusband loved each other dearly and were blessed with two lovely daughters. Shenever lost her interest in writing. In the mid sixties she took the Famous WritersCourse and received good critiques. Although she selected Sociology for her Masters Degree, she continued to enhance her writing skills by trying to write impressively when doing business letters, grant applications, reports and other documents. Several professional, academic positions gave her many opportunities to write and helped her reach goals that, as a child, she never dreamed she would be selected for or could accomplish. And in these new positions,
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