Outside Looking In

This is the autobiography of alittle boy of mixed racial background. He was born in 1938, in rural Georgia, the child of sharecroppers in abject poverty .Thestory takes the reader inside the thoughts of this boy and allows them to viewhis feelings and actions as he becomes a man. The little boy experiences theAmerican process of character genocide as practiced by benevolent adults. Herefuses to accept the boundaries, the subhuman treatment and his stated inferiorityin a racist society .His inner strength and genetics enable him to obtain manyof his set goals. The boy finds that all things come at a price and he comes toa conclusion. Although he is; he views himself not as a Caucasian, not as aNative American or an African American but as a fortunate and gifted humanbeing. He breaks 15,000 years of NativeAmerican tradition and shares his experiences with the reader. "e;Just because the white man says it. Thatdon't make it so. Don't explain yourself to the whites because they willnever understand you anyway."e; Y ou come to feeland understand the little boy's curiosity about adult behavior and hisdetermination to persevere and survive at a high personal cost as the rite ofpassage takes him through his childhood. He learns the lessons of life thatgood as well as bad people come in all colors. All people must be judged asindividuals and on personal merit. The reader becomes aware of the acuteness ofhis pain and the unfairness of life as the boy reaches forthe American dream.