THE TROUBLE WITH BEING A MAMA

by Eva Rutland ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

When Mrs. Rutland was young, in the South, children just grew up (vs. were brought up) with the help of a little ""mother wit."" With four of her own, she's learned a lot, but mostly about problems her mother didn't have to face- namely being a Negro mother in an integrating world. The Rutlands were first stationed at the Army Air Force Base in Tuskegee, then in Ohio, and then California where her schooling really began: trying to buy or rent a house; witnessing prejudice splinter off in the small social situations and ricochet against her children; joining, joining, joining, as a moral obligation but finding it expensive (as well as not really worth it); and listening to Papa say to his kids ""a nigger can't afford to fail."" All of this is a small postscript to the big issue in terms of what may seem like little things; they're not -- and they are realistically assessed in terms of everyday experience.

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Publisher: bingdon

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION