The black girl next door
Jennifer Baszile grew up black in the affluent, predominantly white suburb of Palos Verdes Estates, California in the 1970s and 1980s. She was part of the first generation of Americans born after official segregation came to an end. The experience of growing up African-American in that context hasn’t been chronicled much, and now Baszile has written a book, “The Black Girl Next Door,” to fill the gap. She shares her story with John and Farai.
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