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Growing Up White...it's weird! episodes
- Chapter 6 Mom(mie Dearest)
White moms are weird? Is your mom weird? Mine? Well, let's just say she was unique in her own special way. For example, she once labeled me, "My little girl." Yes, she wrote that on a picture of me while I was in Hawaii at age 9. Look, she was my mother, I had no other and my childhood because of her was weird. So, here's my story...
It's weirder than you think it is!
29 min - Chapter 5 Alice Cooper rocks my world!
Alice Cooper and I'm 13, not 18! And I don't know what I want. It's the 70's and to had to be there--were you? Was it weird for you, too?
It's not what you think! Or, maybe it is.
28 min - Chapter 4: God, Guns & Drums!
1970s and it's my pre-teen and teen years--yep, I'm white and it was f*cking weird!
It's not what you think! Or, maybe it is.
45 min - Chapter 1: Dad is Dead
1991 and my father has died. I'm white and it's weird...
It's weirder than you think it is!
16 min - Book 1: Preface of White Weirdness
Here is how it all began! The white and weirdness...
It's weirder than you think it is!
5 min - Chapter 3: My Little Girl
No I'm not a girl, but as a child have been mistaken for one, and told, "Cute enough to be a girl!" Yeah, I'm white and it's weird...
It's weirder than you think it is!
15 min - Chapter 2: Hawaii
Off to Hawaii--1968 to 1970, and surf is up! Amongst other things, too. I'm white and it's weird.
It's weirder than you think it is!
11 min - Chapter 1: Dad is Dead
My white dad lived a very white life indeed. Then he died at age 61. I look back and reflect on how white my childhood was with him.
It's not what you think! Or, maybe it is.
16 min - Book 1: Preface of White Weirdness
White weirdness? Yep, it's a real thing! Some of you white people know it, but most don't think about it. Here's my story...
It's not what you think! Or, maybe it is.
5 min - Chapter 4: God, Guns & Drums!
Let's get loud! Catholic school and altar boys. BB gun and my first kill. Led Zeppelin and John Bonham.
It's not what you think! Or, maybe it is.
45 min
About Growing Up White...it's weird!
From the publisher's feed
Book 2 and the weirdness continues on from Book 1: Death. Money. Incest. Rape. Lies. Secrets. A Ghost. 1970s. Hawaii. Hippies. Child Labor. Fake Aunt & Cousins. Jewish camp. Just a normal life…
of a white kid, raised by white parents in a white culture. It was normal to me, but only weird as I look back on it. You might find it funny, sad, shocking, strange, unbelievable or even relatable.