Introduction:
America has a wealth of literary heritage which begins from the earliest days of English and Scottish-Irish settlement and as the nation continued to evolve, the literary canon continued to expand accordingly. With mixed races being part of the national makeup for several decades, it was only natural that literature from this sector of the population would begin to infiltrate the American literary American makeup alongside other genres such as the Asian and African American genres.
Mixed race literature as compelling non-fiction
One of the finest examples of mixed race literature is Barack Obama’s ‘Dreams of my Father’ which demonstrates a special longing for a father that ...