White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing, written by Gail Lukasik, is considered an autobiography and biography. The story centers around the author who discovered that her mother, Alvera Fredric Kalina, passed as white in the 1940s. She was originally an African American and hid it from her husband who was a white male. Once the truth was revealed to Lukasik (her daughter), it became something that she had to hide for 17 years. 

     After the death of her mother, Lukasik was free from the vow that she made. It allowed her to reveal the secret that her mother kept, being determined to die without revealing it to any. Lukasik decided to reveal the secret worldwide on a national television show called the Genealogy Roadshow in hopes of discovering more about her family's history. Before the show began, she wondered if she had done the right thing. She wondered if she kept the promise made to her mother because she went on the show after her death. While on the show, Lukasik was introduced to more about her family history. 

      I find it interesting that she never believed that her mother would have been hiding something such as her African American identity. I have not been placed in situations where I had to feel targeted because of my differences but I know that many do go through things like this everyday because of something that makes them different.

     In my opinion, I don't believe it would have been hard