Once called 'the new Jack London' by Kurt Vonnegut, Lee Stringer's inimitable wit and grace in White People brings to life what it meant to be black in a time of love, peace, riots, assassinations, revolutions and counterrevolutions. Self-discovery also meant being able to clearly see those who placed a high value on something he wasn't: white. White People is both a coming-of-age story and a portrait of a country in turmoil.