A White Duck in a Black Pond

<p>This memoir is a valuable contribution to conversations on race and identity and I would highly recommend it to educators and readers of memoirs who appreciate truth told with vulnerability and strength. - <em>Independent Book Review</em></p><p></p><p>This is a well-crafted memoir with resonant themes superb writing and spot-on social commentary. - <em>Readers' Favorite</em></p><p></p><p>A thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of race in postwar America. - <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p></p><p>A White Duck in a Black Pond: Race Identity and Privilege by Dane Wycoff is a poignant memoir that will have readers eagerly turning the pages. - <em>Feathered Quill</em></p><p></p><p><em>A White Duck in a Black Pond</em> is a compelling memoir as engrossing relevant and timely today as decades ago. Being the son of a White mother and an African American father during the 1950s presented challenges on its own but the bane of Dane Wycoff's existence wasn't that he was mixed; it was because he believed himself one hundred percent Black despite his white skin. His chosen identity led to an endless wave of rejection violence and torment. Dane was a Black boy somatically entrapped in white pigmentation rejected by Black and White peers alike.</p>