Incognito:
An American Odyssey of Race and Self-Discovery
By: Michael Sidney Fosberg
Genre: memoir
Pages: 338
Published: 2011
Read: January
2.5 out of 5
I thought the
premise of this book was very interesting - being African American and not
knowing until you were in your 30's. However, Fosberg is actually only 1/4
African American and states he "felt" it his entire children and
others weren't surprised at that discovery either. He started living his life as though he was
black (trying to walk the walk; talk the talk) and wanted everyone to know. I
understand the feeling of being left out as a child, but believe that is
because he is adopted not because he is a different ethnicity. Overall, I felt
he was full of himself and actually didn't put African Americans in the best of
light. I do think it is an achievement how he traced back his heritage and
everyone should do that!
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