Pauline Black

In her memoir, Black by Design, Pauline Black, an award-winning actress and the lead singer for platinum-selling 2-tone band The Selecter, describes what it was like to be a black child adopted in the 1950s by a white, working class family who saw her at best as a curiosity, at worst as an embarrassing inconvenience. She reflects on her experience and what it says about identity with Jackie Kay, author of the remarkable memoir, Red Dust Road. Part of Aye Write!

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