White/Black Race Mixing: An Essay on the Stereotypes and Realities of Interracial Marriage [Paperback]

LeRoy Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2001

This is a sensitive and well-reasoned analysis of the ongoing interracial mixing of white and black Americans. The author looks at a variety of sexual relationships between races-master/slave liaisons, prostitution, cohabitation and marriage. As a counselor who has interviewed and visited many mixed-race couples, Gardner is extremely aware of-and seeks to abolish-the many stereotypes and misconceptions about mixed-race couples.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Important [and] informative . . . Gardner has much valuable experience. . . . I am impressed by his search for roots to present day racial problems with references to slavery. His concrete personal and social observations deserve careful reading. . . . His account of the trend of black males seeking white female liaisons and sometimes marriage and family in a hostile social environment is instructive."-J. Deotis Roberts, Research Professor of Christian Theology Duke Divinity School

About the Author

Reverend LeRoy Gardner is of mixed race descent. His father was half white and half black, and his mother was the daughter of an African slave and a Native American. He founded the North Central Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1957 and served as Pastor for 39 years. During that period he counseled and interviewed many mixed-race couples. In 1997 he moved to Carmichael, California, where he has begun a new church.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Paragon House (October 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557787964
• ISBN-13: 978-1557787965
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,610,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stereotypical Tripe, August 12, 2002

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This review is from: White/Black Race Mixing: An Essay on the Stereotypes and Realities of Interracial Marriage (Paperback)

Purchasing this book was one of the worst consumer decisions I have ever made. The Reverend appears to have some very deep issues that he needs to address. According to him, every interracial relationship is based on some whore-mandingo psychosis. He goes out of his way to invalidate every interracial relationship by using people that seem like worn out caricatures from decades ago.
This book was so bad that I didn't want to resell it. Instead I placed it exactly where it belonged, in the trash bin.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please revise, October 17, 2004

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George Washington "Reality" (Washington DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White/Black Race Mixing: An Essay on the Stereotypes and Realities of Interracial Marriage (Paperback)

With all due respect, I think this book is a first draft of a subject matter that could potentially provide its readers with crucial information in the struggle for equality. Further research is needed to substantiate this writer's embarrassing attempt to summarize the social, economic, psychological, sociological, and historical, status of blacks and whites. Although this book was published in 2000, reading its pages, at times, reminds me of the binary logic that has haunted the United States for centuries. After conducting 300 interviews with interracial couples, Gardner disappoints his readers by documenting, what seems to be in the end, a troubling personal fascination of interracial sex.
Perhaps the only saving grace for Pastor Gardner is that this "book" is titled an essay.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre Treatment of a Complex Subject, September 16, 2003

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"devin2k" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White/Black Race Mixing: An Essay on the Stereotypes and Realities of Interracial Marriage (Paperback)

Another reviewer was too harsh. It is not a rehash of mandinka male seeks white female, etc or any such model. It describes real, true to life existing models and motives for Black/White sex and marriage in the U.S. Because black/white sexual models exist that you don't like, does not mean they do not exist, and that they are not commonly encountered.

The book is a decent read. If you are totally a babe in arms about the issues, this book will offer some insight. Remember it is first and foremost AN ESSAY. Yes, the Reverend has "issues" as do all authors (because authors a humans, and humans have issues). Describing himself as the product of a black/white father and a black/indian mother is one issue. The black/indian mixture is a seldom proven, much desired and often cited mixture by blacks who wish to be something else.

All in all the book sheds little light on a complex subject, but for someone who is unaware of the issues involved, I would recommend this book along with reading other more complete treatises on the subject.