But when Stella makes the decision to pass as white-disappearing from her sister’s life in order to pursue the “American Dream” of whiteness-the twins’ paths diverge, determining not just their own futures, but the futures of their daughters and their relationship to Black womanhood. Sometimes I ask myself the question, are there aspects of my ancestors’ experiences that I would remove for future generations, if I could? In her new book, The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett articulates this question through the lives of two light-skinned Black twins whose decisions around choosing to pass-or not-shape their lives, their daughters lives, and the lives of generations to come.ĭesiree and Stella Vignes were once inseparable, fleeing their small southern town to build a life together in New Orleans. As a descendant of enslaved Black Americans, I am well aware of the ways that cultural trauma is passed from mothers to daughters over the years.
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