Recent release "Half-n-Half" from Page Publishing author Eric M. Smith is a provocative reflection on how searching for an identity in a racially charged urban area (the hood) in one of the most dangerous parts of Chicago, "Southside".
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eric M. Smith, a Chicago native who was born in the Cabrini Green housing projects and moved to Leavenworth, Kansas while in high school, has completed his new book "Half-n-Half": a searing account of his formative years in two vastly different environments whose residents nonetheless shared similar attitudes toward their biracial neighbors.
Half-breed? Mixed race? What do you call the product of an interracial marriage? And how do you relate?
"Half-n-Half" is a very honest account of the daily struggles faced by such individuals, and it will act as an alarm clock, waking people up to the ethnic diversity of this country and the problems that come with it. Eric M. Smith knows firsthand what life is like for the children of interracial marriages. After all, he lived it.
Picture in your mind living on the ninth floor of one of the country's most dangerous housing (Cabrini-Green homes). This was the early setting for Eric Smith and his family.
Shootings, drug deals, family fights, police sirens, constant commotion…
No, not TV or some modern-day cable program on violence. These were the day-to-day occurrences which were no farther than the floor Eric lived on and definitely not any farther than his own courtyard.
As you read Eric's story, you will understand the subject of interracial marriage from a whole new perspective, and you will be better prepared to respond to one of the twentieth century's most significant yet unresolved issues.
Now that we are in the twenty-first century, are we any closer to accepting people for who they are before looking at their skin color?
Published by Page Publishing, Eric M. Smith's engrossing book is a thought-provoking reflection on the implications of his mixed-race childhood on the South Side of Chicago and in a small city in Kansas.
Readers who wish to experience this engaging work can purchase "Half-n-Half" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
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