When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. It is Nevaeh’s story, one about a high-school aged young woman forced to deal with the effects of polarizing social categories: Christianity and Judaism white-skinned and dark-skinned upper social class and blue-collar working class.
COLOR ME IN BY NATASHA DIAZ SKIN
Living with her maternal side of the family, Nevaeh confronts feelings of confusion, guilt, and shame when facing multiple situations where she is treated positively because of her light skin color while witnessing her family and friends in the same community treated differently because of their shades-of-brown skin. (Couldn’t resist.) Read less Synopsis Who is Nevaeh Levitz Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. It is Nevaeh’s story, one about a high-school aged young woman forced to deal with the effects of polarizing social categories: Christianity and Judaism white-skinned and dark-skinned upper social class and blue-collar working class.īecause of her parents’ recent separation, Nevaeh and her mother have moved away from their bougie community where Nevaeh has lived most of her life secluded from her extended family to a community of color and her mother’s people. Color Me In 1st Edition is written by Natasha Díaz and published by Delacorte Press. Color Me In is a coming-of-age YA novel about the important role defining one’s identity is in an individual’s journey to come-of-age. Author Natasha Diaz discusses her new book COLOR ME IN, her experience as a multiracial woman, and the challenge of finding community across different identities. A powerful coming-of-age novel, pulled from personal experience, about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious.
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