Blythe, Tanisha
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'''Tanisha Blythe''' was born in 1977 and raised in St. Louis. Her father was the preacher at Bethel African Baptist Church and her father died sometime before she graduated high school. She has at least one brother, older and also involved at the family church. She first the girlfriend and eventually the wife of [[Chladek, Jon |Jon Chladek]] in the book [[Alone Together]]. She is 5' 4" tall and described as extremely dark-skinned. | '''Tanisha Blythe''' was born in 1977 and raised in St. Louis. Her father was the preacher at Bethel African Baptist Church and her father died sometime before she graduated high school. She has at least one brother, older and also involved at the family church. She first the girlfriend and eventually the wife of [[Chladek, Jon |Jon Chladek]] in the book [[Alone Together]]. She is 5' 4" tall and described as extremely dark-skinned. | ||
| - | Tanisha attended Martin Luther King High School and ''"I was the class valedictorian, I had all A's, a 34 ACT score and SATs in the high 600s."''<sup>[[Alone Together Chapter 1|AC01]]</sup> Because her family subscribed to an ''All whites are devils'', she wasn't allowed to attend any college deemed too white, despite being accepted at | + | Tanisha attended Martin Luther King High School and ''"I was the class valedictorian, I had all A's, a 34 ACT score and SATs in the high 600s."''<sup>[[Alone Together Chapter 1|AC01]]</sup> Because her family subscribed to an ''All whites are devils'', she wasn't allowed to attend any college deemed too white, despite being accepted at [[Caltech]] or Purdue. She was instead encouraged to attend Moorhead or other Traditional Black College, despite not having an engineering program. [[Georgia Tech]] was an acceptable compromise, being in Atlanta, Dr. King's home town, and as a brilliant black engineering student she earns a full scholarship, which her family isn't one to ignore. |
Tanisha had few friends, her grades and strong math and science track setting her apart. She also described herself as a wallflower. During the summer after her freshman year, she was required to work at her family's church day care center, "''wiping grubby little noses''", which she vowed to avoid in future. | Tanisha had few friends, her grades and strong math and science track setting her apart. She also described herself as a wallflower. During the summer after her freshman year, she was required to work at her family's church day care center, "''wiping grubby little noses''", which she vowed to avoid in future. | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 13 November 2009
Tanisha Blythe was born in 1977 and raised in St. Louis. Her father was the preacher at Bethel African Baptist Church and her father died sometime before she graduated high school. She has at least one brother, older and also involved at the family church. She first the girlfriend and eventually the wife of Jon Chladek in the book Alone Together. She is 5' 4" tall and described as extremely dark-skinned.
Tanisha attended Martin Luther King High School and "I was the class valedictorian, I had all A's, a 34 ACT score and SATs in the high 600s."AC01 Because her family subscribed to an All whites are devils, she wasn't allowed to attend any college deemed too white, despite being accepted at Caltech or Purdue. She was instead encouraged to attend Moorhead or other Traditional Black College, despite not having an engineering program. Georgia Tech was an acceptable compromise, being in Atlanta, Dr. King's home town, and as a brilliant black engineering student she earns a full scholarship, which her family isn't one to ignore.
Tanisha had few friends, her grades and strong math and science track setting her apart. She also described herself as a wallflower. During the summer after her freshman year, she was required to work at her family's church day care center, "wiping grubby little noses", which she vowed to avoid in future.
Tanisha first appears briefly in Dawnwalker, in a sceneDW48 that is repeated in Alone Together Chapter 3. She recurs somewhat frequently in Magic Carpet, as she develops a friendship with Jennlynn Swift, the lead character.
Jon and Tanisha develop a tight almost supernatural bond as they work, play and live together, divorced from their families and with few other friendships. They work an internship at Lambdatron during the summer of 1997, which turns into a full time job after graduating. They are married in April 1999 at a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, NV.
In December 2000, the couple get a chance to play out a fantasy at the Redlite Ranch with Tanisha standing in a lineup and having Jon pick her out.MC28
