Kevin Hofmann has lived an interesting life. His mom wanted to abort him as he was conceived via an interracial affair – fortunately, she changed her mind and he was born in Detroit weeks of after the Detroit riots of 1967, also known as the 12rth street riots.
At the age of three months, Hofmann was adopted by a white minster and his white wife into their family in Detroit where he grew up with three older white siblings.
Despite a cross being burnt on his yard at a very young age, his white father facing harassment for brining a black child in to the white community of Detroit, and the parents of neighbors who did not like him in “their” neighborhood, Hofmann managed, despite not feeling as if he fit in with either the black kids or white kids, to find his tribe and embrace the culture and heritage of his race.
Hofmann shares his life experiences and how today he uses those experiences to help in his racial diversity work as he strives to help all races understand each other leading to an improvement in race relationships.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Growing Up Black in White by Kevin Hofmann on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Black-White-Kevin-Hofmann-ebook/dp/B07PRWRPTM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%E2%80%A2+Growing+Up+Black+in+White+by+Kevin+Hofmann&qid=1595947812&sr=8-1
- Growing Up Black in White by Kevin Hofmann on Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/growing-up-black-in-white-kevin-d-hofmann/1100444971?ean=9781543050912
- Growing Up Black in White by Kevin Hofmann on Books-a-million - https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Growing-up-Black-White/Kevin-D-Hofmann/9781543050912?id=7958618876590
- Web site – https://www.growingupblackinwhite.com/
- Web site – http://www.Kevinhofmann.com
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