She grew up in Seattle, Washington with her sister, Anora Wolff. Her Father lives in Seattle in a place called Rainier Valley. Afterward, her dad takes her and her sister to McDonald's. I understand part of what you are saying, but I'm not sure that I'm following what it was that made him want to be black. Not only that, but some of Wolff’s work has also been considered a bestseller and even included in the school curriculum in different countries. I knew a lot of white people in my neighborhood that identified as black too. Mishna Wolff was born in the woods of Maine on 18 April 1975 to parents: Daine Elizabeth Gaylord and John Wolff. Mishna just can't seem to understand why they are so unhappy with their lives. Yvonne takes it upon herself to keep Mishna from the tomboy looks that she has and decides she will turn her into a woman. Ms. WOLFF: You know, my dad's a really huge fan of the book. Hi, Mishna! Ms. WOLFF: No, because that's the beginning of the book, and things change between the beginning of the book and the end of the book.
They were so mismatched that the year before they got divorced, I often wondered if Dad met Mom by mistakenly wandering into a poetry reading thinking it was a Parliament concert. Did you get it from the people you wanted it from? Ms. WOLFF: You know what, you'd be surprised, Tony. Ms. WOLFF: No. She slowly found a way to fit in through jokes and mean words that her daycare peers spread like manners (please's and thank you's). Wolff, who is Caucasian, was raised by her father who is also white, but identified more closely to the African-Americans living in the neighborhood.
This is also the place where Mishna makes her first interaction with upper-class white children from rich families. COX: It's a young, white girl with the biggest afro that I have ever seen. After a few incidents during track season and an interesting basketball season, she finally finds her calling: swimming. Mishna Wolff is an American author, writer, and humorist who is known for her tremendous sense of humor and storytelling capabilities. She was raised primarily by her Caucasian father. I think a lot of it is because he was an athlete, and he played sports all though junior high school, high school and ultimately, you know, one semester of college, and everyone on his sports team were black. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Yvonne and Mishna's father eventually get married and that's when Yvonne gets vicious with Mishna and treats her terribly until she will start supporting herself financially.
Her father, however, grew up with black friends in a black neighborhood and basically grew up black. We're actually talking in the book about class. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. This mismatch of her parents, as she calls it, is the foundation of her childhood and the catalyst of her very funny book, called "I'm Down." her sister shoplifts, plays tug-of-war with doors at school, and even gets caught smoking at a young age and her father laughs it off saying every time, "She learned her lesson." Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. She is most popular for her 2009 memoir I’m Down which focused on childhood and race. And coming from a young, white girl gave it even more of a bite. She becomes worried that her dad will not make it across the lake and decides to sacrifice her chance to swim so that he won't tire himself out trying to keep up with her. even though it's obvious that Anora learned nothing from it. And then on another day, he'll tell you it's because he came to the U.S. from Canada when he was about 11 or 12, and he had wool pants. COX: So you went from being white on the outside, looking at black, to being white but on the inside of black, looking back at white. It's the story of her childhood in a poor, all black neighborhood in urban Seattle during the 1970s and early 1980s.
COX: I want to talk first about the cover of the book. For young Mishna Wolff, no big deal, though. I mean, I think most parents think they're doing what's best for their kids. I remember coming over to your place a couple of times. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR.
COX: But you know what was funny: You talked about how it worked, you know, around the black kids. She was kind enough to join us from member station KQED in San Francisco. And we're talking with author Mishna Wolff about her new memoir, "I'm Down," which talks about her life growing up white with a father who identified more closely with African-Americans. When she returns home to her father and his many girlfriends and potential wives, she suppresses her school side to impress her father, while at her mom's house and at school she suppresses her neighborhood life to appeal to her mother. He's actually grown a lot since the time period that the book takes place. At IPP each student is given tasks that they have to complete in their own time in their own way, as long as they are done. He enjoyed being part of black America. She fights for acceptance in her neighborhood as she is perceived as "too white" while she struggles with acceptance (and accepting others) in her prestigious school. She disliked kids and she told them every chance she got. Ms. WOLFF: You know, I was writing and doing a lot of storytelling series.
[1], The pressure of seeing what lives her school friends have set up for them gives Mishna unrealistic ideas of how life works. But I learned about your-mama jokes there, and it was during day camp. Mishna learned how to watch herself and keep herself in line and when she didn't she normally knew the right decision, she just chose not to make it. And she joins us now. Guest Host Tony Cox talks with Mishna Wolff about her memoir I'm Down. So there was a lot of times people would be like, who's your father? Are you guys half sisters?
Accuracy and availability may vary. [1], As Mishna was forced farther from home and more into the arms of her neighbors by her father, she came to realize very quickly what it was they didn't like about her.
COX: This is what you say in the prologue: I am WHITE, in capital letters. Mishna is a fast swimmer and she knows that she can get across with ease, even though it's a very long swim. And that's got its own broadness now, and that's stereotyped and that's, you know, something that I'm not a part of. COX: And that's our program for today. [1], Mishna also has a great moral compass and has a difficult time watching her sister, who has many more friends than she does and the approval of their father-which she longs for -, make bad decisions over and over. She just forgot to comb the other half? The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Mishna swims competitively and she's really good at it and she loves it because her father knows nothing about it. Mishna Wolff was born on April 18, 1975, in the USA but, her exact birthplace is still a mystery for the public. So if you picked up the first couple chapters and you were like, wow - that was my intention. Through Ubisoft's Film and Television Fellowship program, Mishna Wolff and Tasha Huo have been put in charge of film and television adaptations of two of Ubisoft's games, Werewolf Within and Child of Light respectively. And before you answer, did you get it from your peers, did you get it from your dad, and did you get from your mom? You know, I really wanted everyone to like me, and I really got the message that there was something really wrong with me. By the third chapter, I'm from the inside looking out at the white world. The thing is, her father was so engrained in the urban Seattle neighborhood the family lived in, that he identified as a black man. Was that your intention? Are you whole sisters? She has a harder time watching her sister being praised for them instead of punished, which is what Mishna finds appropriate. And we'd go every summer and I swear to God, all we did was that, all summer long - was just bust on each other the entire summer.
COX: And you pull no punches, from hair to looks to weight, to all the things that black women try to not have known about them, if possible. Further, Mishna is the daughter of John Wolff (father) and her mother’s name is Diane Elizabeth Gaylord. COX: I want to read something from the book, the very first page, and I want to ask you about it. Not long after, however, her father finds a new woman named Yvonne to mingle with. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. And they would start telling me about their childhood. [1], As Mishna spends more and more time with her white friends, she becomes more and more envious of their home lives full of endless presents and infinite amounts of alone time with their many possessions. And you know, especially my stepmothers or my dads girlfriends.
She grew up in Seattle, Washington with her sister, Anora Wolff. Her Father lives in Seattle in a place called Rainier Valley. Afterward, her dad takes her and her sister to McDonald's. I understand part of what you are saying, but I'm not sure that I'm following what it was that made him want to be black. Not only that, but some of Wolff’s work has also been considered a bestseller and even included in the school curriculum in different countries. I knew a lot of white people in my neighborhood that identified as black too. Mishna Wolff was born in the woods of Maine on 18 April 1975 to parents: Daine Elizabeth Gaylord and John Wolff. Mishna just can't seem to understand why they are so unhappy with their lives. Yvonne takes it upon herself to keep Mishna from the tomboy looks that she has and decides she will turn her into a woman. Ms. WOLFF: You know, my dad's a really huge fan of the book. Hi, Mishna! Ms. WOLFF: No, because that's the beginning of the book, and things change between the beginning of the book and the end of the book.
They were so mismatched that the year before they got divorced, I often wondered if Dad met Mom by mistakenly wandering into a poetry reading thinking it was a Parliament concert. Did you get it from the people you wanted it from? Ms. WOLFF: You know what, you'd be surprised, Tony. Ms. WOLFF: No. She slowly found a way to fit in through jokes and mean words that her daycare peers spread like manners (please's and thank you's). Wolff, who is Caucasian, was raised by her father who is also white, but identified more closely to the African-Americans living in the neighborhood.
This is also the place where Mishna makes her first interaction with upper-class white children from rich families. COX: It's a young, white girl with the biggest afro that I have ever seen. After a few incidents during track season and an interesting basketball season, she finally finds her calling: swimming. Mishna Wolff is an American author, writer, and humorist who is known for her tremendous sense of humor and storytelling capabilities. She was raised primarily by her Caucasian father. I think a lot of it is because he was an athlete, and he played sports all though junior high school, high school and ultimately, you know, one semester of college, and everyone on his sports team were black. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Yvonne and Mishna's father eventually get married and that's when Yvonne gets vicious with Mishna and treats her terribly until she will start supporting herself financially.
Her father, however, grew up with black friends in a black neighborhood and basically grew up black. We're actually talking in the book about class. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. This mismatch of her parents, as she calls it, is the foundation of her childhood and the catalyst of her very funny book, called "I'm Down." her sister shoplifts, plays tug-of-war with doors at school, and even gets caught smoking at a young age and her father laughs it off saying every time, "She learned her lesson." Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. She is most popular for her 2009 memoir I’m Down which focused on childhood and race. And coming from a young, white girl gave it even more of a bite. She becomes worried that her dad will not make it across the lake and decides to sacrifice her chance to swim so that he won't tire himself out trying to keep up with her. even though it's obvious that Anora learned nothing from it. And then on another day, he'll tell you it's because he came to the U.S. from Canada when he was about 11 or 12, and he had wool pants. COX: So you went from being white on the outside, looking at black, to being white but on the inside of black, looking back at white. It's the story of her childhood in a poor, all black neighborhood in urban Seattle during the 1970s and early 1980s.
COX: I want to talk first about the cover of the book. For young Mishna Wolff, no big deal, though. I mean, I think most parents think they're doing what's best for their kids. I remember coming over to your place a couple of times. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR.
COX: But you know what was funny: You talked about how it worked, you know, around the black kids. She was kind enough to join us from member station KQED in San Francisco. And we're talking with author Mishna Wolff about her new memoir, "I'm Down," which talks about her life growing up white with a father who identified more closely with African-Americans. When she returns home to her father and his many girlfriends and potential wives, she suppresses her school side to impress her father, while at her mom's house and at school she suppresses her neighborhood life to appeal to her mother. He's actually grown a lot since the time period that the book takes place. At IPP each student is given tasks that they have to complete in their own time in their own way, as long as they are done. He enjoyed being part of black America. She fights for acceptance in her neighborhood as she is perceived as "too white" while she struggles with acceptance (and accepting others) in her prestigious school. She disliked kids and she told them every chance she got. Ms. WOLFF: You know, I was writing and doing a lot of storytelling series.
[1], The pressure of seeing what lives her school friends have set up for them gives Mishna unrealistic ideas of how life works. But I learned about your-mama jokes there, and it was during day camp. Mishna learned how to watch herself and keep herself in line and when she didn't she normally knew the right decision, she just chose not to make it. And she joins us now. Guest Host Tony Cox talks with Mishna Wolff about her memoir I'm Down. So there was a lot of times people would be like, who's your father? Are you guys half sisters?
Accuracy and availability may vary. [1], As Mishna was forced farther from home and more into the arms of her neighbors by her father, she came to realize very quickly what it was they didn't like about her.
COX: This is what you say in the prologue: I am WHITE, in capital letters. Mishna is a fast swimmer and she knows that she can get across with ease, even though it's a very long swim. And that's got its own broadness now, and that's stereotyped and that's, you know, something that I'm not a part of. COX: And that's our program for today. [1], Mishna also has a great moral compass and has a difficult time watching her sister, who has many more friends than she does and the approval of their father-which she longs for -, make bad decisions over and over. She just forgot to comb the other half? The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Mishna swims competitively and she's really good at it and she loves it because her father knows nothing about it. Mishna Wolff was born on April 18, 1975, in the USA but, her exact birthplace is still a mystery for the public. So if you picked up the first couple chapters and you were like, wow - that was my intention. Through Ubisoft's Film and Television Fellowship program, Mishna Wolff and Tasha Huo have been put in charge of film and television adaptations of two of Ubisoft's games, Werewolf Within and Child of Light respectively. And before you answer, did you get it from your peers, did you get it from your dad, and did you get from your mom? You know, I really wanted everyone to like me, and I really got the message that there was something really wrong with me. By the third chapter, I'm from the inside looking out at the white world. The thing is, her father was so engrained in the urban Seattle neighborhood the family lived in, that he identified as a black man. Was that your intention? Are you whole sisters? She has a harder time watching her sister being praised for them instead of punished, which is what Mishna finds appropriate. And we'd go every summer and I swear to God, all we did was that, all summer long - was just bust on each other the entire summer.
COX: And you pull no punches, from hair to looks to weight, to all the things that black women try to not have known about them, if possible. Further, Mishna is the daughter of John Wolff (father) and her mother’s name is Diane Elizabeth Gaylord. COX: I want to read something from the book, the very first page, and I want to ask you about it. Not long after, however, her father finds a new woman named Yvonne to mingle with. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. And they would start telling me about their childhood. [1], As Mishna spends more and more time with her white friends, she becomes more and more envious of their home lives full of endless presents and infinite amounts of alone time with their many possessions. And you know, especially my stepmothers or my dads girlfriends.
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The first few chapters of your book - to be honest, I found them hilarious. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. She gets out of the lake and into the help boat, swallowing her pride, and watches her dad swim the rest of the way. He played both basketball and football. Along with her mother and father, Mishna also had a sister, Anora Lyn — with whom she grew up in a black neighborhood in Seattle. COX: Mishna Wolff is a writer who lives in New York. So I really felt in control of the outcome - which, you know, is part of the point of view of the book, is that I never thought that I was powerless to change class issues, race issues, my father's own insecurities and fears. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. Guest Host Tony Cox talks with Mishna Wolff about her memoir I'm Down.
06/08/2010 01:07 pm ET Updated May 25, 2011 In my memoir "I'm Down," I recollect my childhood growing up with a father who for all purposes thought he was black, raising my very white sister and me in a black neighborhood. Who's her father? And he just assumed we would, too. She competes with the children in her neighborhood to be the funniest, the meanest, and the toughest while she strives to be rich, successful, and seemingly carefree like her school friends. People do... COX: Really? And I'm also a child, so there's no politically correct context for how I'm viewing the world at that point. She braided half her head - and I guess moved on to something else.
She grew up in Seattle, Washington with her sister, Anora Wolff. Her Father lives in Seattle in a place called Rainier Valley. Afterward, her dad takes her and her sister to McDonald's. I understand part of what you are saying, but I'm not sure that I'm following what it was that made him want to be black. Not only that, but some of Wolff’s work has also been considered a bestseller and even included in the school curriculum in different countries. I knew a lot of white people in my neighborhood that identified as black too. Mishna Wolff was born in the woods of Maine on 18 April 1975 to parents: Daine Elizabeth Gaylord and John Wolff. Mishna just can't seem to understand why they are so unhappy with their lives. Yvonne takes it upon herself to keep Mishna from the tomboy looks that she has and decides she will turn her into a woman. Ms. WOLFF: You know, my dad's a really huge fan of the book. Hi, Mishna! Ms. WOLFF: No, because that's the beginning of the book, and things change between the beginning of the book and the end of the book.
They were so mismatched that the year before they got divorced, I often wondered if Dad met Mom by mistakenly wandering into a poetry reading thinking it was a Parliament concert. Did you get it from the people you wanted it from? Ms. WOLFF: You know what, you'd be surprised, Tony. Ms. WOLFF: No. She slowly found a way to fit in through jokes and mean words that her daycare peers spread like manners (please's and thank you's). Wolff, who is Caucasian, was raised by her father who is also white, but identified more closely to the African-Americans living in the neighborhood.
This is also the place where Mishna makes her first interaction with upper-class white children from rich families. COX: It's a young, white girl with the biggest afro that I have ever seen. After a few incidents during track season and an interesting basketball season, she finally finds her calling: swimming. Mishna Wolff is an American author, writer, and humorist who is known for her tremendous sense of humor and storytelling capabilities. She was raised primarily by her Caucasian father. I think a lot of it is because he was an athlete, and he played sports all though junior high school, high school and ultimately, you know, one semester of college, and everyone on his sports team were black. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Yvonne and Mishna's father eventually get married and that's when Yvonne gets vicious with Mishna and treats her terribly until she will start supporting herself financially.
Her father, however, grew up with black friends in a black neighborhood and basically grew up black. We're actually talking in the book about class. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. This mismatch of her parents, as she calls it, is the foundation of her childhood and the catalyst of her very funny book, called "I'm Down." her sister shoplifts, plays tug-of-war with doors at school, and even gets caught smoking at a young age and her father laughs it off saying every time, "She learned her lesson." Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. She is most popular for her 2009 memoir I’m Down which focused on childhood and race. And coming from a young, white girl gave it even more of a bite. She becomes worried that her dad will not make it across the lake and decides to sacrifice her chance to swim so that he won't tire himself out trying to keep up with her. even though it's obvious that Anora learned nothing from it. And then on another day, he'll tell you it's because he came to the U.S. from Canada when he was about 11 or 12, and he had wool pants. COX: So you went from being white on the outside, looking at black, to being white but on the inside of black, looking back at white. It's the story of her childhood in a poor, all black neighborhood in urban Seattle during the 1970s and early 1980s.
COX: I want to talk first about the cover of the book. For young Mishna Wolff, no big deal, though. I mean, I think most parents think they're doing what's best for their kids. I remember coming over to your place a couple of times. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR.
COX: But you know what was funny: You talked about how it worked, you know, around the black kids. She was kind enough to join us from member station KQED in San Francisco. And we're talking with author Mishna Wolff about her new memoir, "I'm Down," which talks about her life growing up white with a father who identified more closely with African-Americans. When she returns home to her father and his many girlfriends and potential wives, she suppresses her school side to impress her father, while at her mom's house and at school she suppresses her neighborhood life to appeal to her mother. He's actually grown a lot since the time period that the book takes place. At IPP each student is given tasks that they have to complete in their own time in their own way, as long as they are done. He enjoyed being part of black America. She fights for acceptance in her neighborhood as she is perceived as "too white" while she struggles with acceptance (and accepting others) in her prestigious school. She disliked kids and she told them every chance she got. Ms. WOLFF: You know, I was writing and doing a lot of storytelling series.
[1], The pressure of seeing what lives her school friends have set up for them gives Mishna unrealistic ideas of how life works. But I learned about your-mama jokes there, and it was during day camp. Mishna learned how to watch herself and keep herself in line and when she didn't she normally knew the right decision, she just chose not to make it. And she joins us now. Guest Host Tony Cox talks with Mishna Wolff about her memoir I'm Down. So there was a lot of times people would be like, who's your father? Are you guys half sisters?
Accuracy and availability may vary. [1], As Mishna was forced farther from home and more into the arms of her neighbors by her father, she came to realize very quickly what it was they didn't like about her.
COX: This is what you say in the prologue: I am WHITE, in capital letters. Mishna is a fast swimmer and she knows that she can get across with ease, even though it's a very long swim. And that's got its own broadness now, and that's stereotyped and that's, you know, something that I'm not a part of. COX: And that's our program for today. [1], Mishna also has a great moral compass and has a difficult time watching her sister, who has many more friends than she does and the approval of their father-which she longs for -, make bad decisions over and over. She just forgot to comb the other half? The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Mishna swims competitively and she's really good at it and she loves it because her father knows nothing about it. Mishna Wolff was born on April 18, 1975, in the USA but, her exact birthplace is still a mystery for the public. So if you picked up the first couple chapters and you were like, wow - that was my intention. Through Ubisoft's Film and Television Fellowship program, Mishna Wolff and Tasha Huo have been put in charge of film and television adaptations of two of Ubisoft's games, Werewolf Within and Child of Light respectively. And before you answer, did you get it from your peers, did you get it from your dad, and did you get from your mom? You know, I really wanted everyone to like me, and I really got the message that there was something really wrong with me. By the third chapter, I'm from the inside looking out at the white world. The thing is, her father was so engrained in the urban Seattle neighborhood the family lived in, that he identified as a black man. Was that your intention? Are you whole sisters? She has a harder time watching her sister being praised for them instead of punished, which is what Mishna finds appropriate. And we'd go every summer and I swear to God, all we did was that, all summer long - was just bust on each other the entire summer.
COX: And you pull no punches, from hair to looks to weight, to all the things that black women try to not have known about them, if possible. Further, Mishna is the daughter of John Wolff (father) and her mother’s name is Diane Elizabeth Gaylord. COX: I want to read something from the book, the very first page, and I want to ask you about it. Not long after, however, her father finds a new woman named Yvonne to mingle with. Ms. WOLFF: Yeah. And they would start telling me about their childhood. [1], As Mishna spends more and more time with her white friends, she becomes more and more envious of their home lives full of endless presents and infinite amounts of alone time with their many possessions. And you know, especially my stepmothers or my dads girlfriends.
