Jeanette S.'s Reviews > One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

One Drop by Yaba Blay was an interesting book. When deciding to read this book I was looking to find a voice for some of my own feelings regarding what it means to be black when you’re multi-racial. This book did a good job at giving a voice to some of these people who don’t fit in the singular “Black” box and I found myself relation to many of the stories told. I think the author did a good job of finding a good representation of people for her book, however I really wished that this was written by someone who struggles with being told that you are not “black.” The author herself stated that she never had an issue (that she has always been seen as black) and that she also held some prejudice and opinions prior to starting this book. This book also didn’t go deeper into history as the back cover suggested and mostly stuck to essays from the people she interviewed. The author didn’t provide much commentary outside of that. Is this book for me? Probably not. I think this book is more for a white audience or for people who don’t understand how someone feels when they’re told that they’re not black.