One Drop Identity: A Memoir in Black & White is a deeply personal story about growing up as a light-skinned Black boy in 1950s Boston. Raised in a fatherless home, the author navigates loneliness, racial identity, and childhood confusion. From reading history in solitude to learning life skills at summer camp, and from being treated like a curiosity by peers to facing moments of exclusion and self-discovery, this memoir explores what it means to not fully fit in anywhere. It’s an honest, heartfelt reflection on race, belonging, and the struggle to define one’s own identity.