{"product_id":"book-be97","title":"I'm Down","description":"Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. \"He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol—telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried,\" writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter \u003ci\u003edown\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately, Mishna didn't quite fit in with the neighborhood kids: she couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double dutch, and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. She was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too \"black\" to fit in with her white classmates.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e I'm Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a hip, hysterical, and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49392000205104,"sku":"BDbe97","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49392000237872,"sku":"ZEbe97","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49392000303408,"sku":"ZMbe97","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/be97-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770863145","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-be97","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}