Danielle T’s Reviews > Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir > Status Update

"When being mixed race comes up, people invariably and perhaps unknowingly assess your legitimacy by asking- "Do you speak the language?" People of color usually listen to the response, knowing that language and family never have clear-cut answers, but white people almost inevitably cut me off mid sentence to the me they understand how with immigrant families, it's all about assimilation..."

A multigenerational tale and I didn't know it was a Pulitzer winner! The reticence of family to speak of history is very familiar- as much as my brother jokes about me writing one, I feel I'd have to take a similar tack because the fear is still present even though you can't deport a corpse.