The Story of the Black Family: What It Means to Be Black with an Interracial Family Tree

Abstract

This paper is using a critical personal narrative and decolonialization theory to share the story of my family. It is the story of my great-grandfather, who was the child of a slave master and a house servant, and his story of survival, using historical documents. Race and racism have been a part of my family from its origin, because of the cultural and social meanings of Blackness, which are discussed in the article.

Keywords

• critical family history
• racism
• interracial family
• critical orientation