So years ago, I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc. Can any of you help me find the book again?
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Kat - Nov 29, 2007 5:12:59 pm PST #4574 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sarameg - Nov 29, 2007 5:20:50 pm PST #4575 of 10001
Doesn't ring a bell here, sorry. But I'd be interested when you do find out what it is. Ran into all sorts of weird-to-me -isms in the USSR in 1991 and central europe later. Almost needless to say, didn't improve my perception of humanity any. We so suck.
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2007 5:20:53 pm PST #4576 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc.
Huh. That sounds really interesting.
Did things, say, not turn out quite as good as they hoped?
JZ - Nov 29, 2007 5:26:32 pm PST #4577 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
It does sound familiar. I can ping my mom -- between the bookstore and her being a US history/Civil Rights era geek, she may be able to come up with a name.
Kat - Nov 29, 2007 5:27:45 pm PST #4578 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
tommyrot, it wasn't what they had expected. But it wasn't all bad, either.
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2007 5:30:02 pm PST #4579 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That make sense - I'd tend to think racism would be much less of a problem in Soviet Russia.
When about did this take place?
Kat - Nov 29, 2007 5:33:29 pm PST #4580 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think it was the 80s.
Kat - Nov 29, 2007 5:33:53 pm PST #4581 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Or 70s. No earlier than that.
Jesse - Nov 29, 2007 5:36:42 pm PST #4582 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So years ago, I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc. Can any of you help me find the book again?
Blair Underwood on Dirty Sexy Money! Except (and I haven't seen this week's episode), apparently the Evil Darlings drove them out of the country or something.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2007 5:37:14 pm PST #4583 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wondered why you said I should watch Criminal Minds. Hmmph. I'm that predictable, huh?
Was that a typical ep? First off, HDTV and migraines may not be a good mix. But I'm assuming the visuals were slanted because of the subject matter. What about the roles played by the team? They were barely in the story. Is that normal.