Ted Rall for November 24, 2007
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The racial lit world buzzes about a memoir by the daughter of a writer, who discovers that she is part black. Millions of Americans have African-American ancestry. My book is the first by the daughter of a writer, who didn't know she was part black, but now knows. Black like him. Actual black writers declare themselves shocked and awed by the revelation that a man had black ancestry, but did not tell his daughter, who then found out, and was surprised. My career is over! My experience as an "out" black author pales next to the drama of a daughter of a closeted, dead, partly black, guy. Next: prepare to be even more surprised by a literary shocker! I'm the grandson of a writer who said he was white, but my mother wasn't sure so she wrote a book about feeling newly black, but actually he wasn't black. As soon as the book proposal comes in, Harper Collins plans to print at least 800,000 copies.