Shaded is a story of self-hatred and denial. A played out tragedy about the shame, confusion and anger experienced by a family refusing to deal with their insecurities about skin color and race. Society refuses to talk about these children. The babies of racial denial who question who they are and where they fit in this color conscious world. Saul thought marrying a woman of a different race would make him feel better. Ease the pain and shame that taunted him in his dreams. His children would save him. They were his to own and keep like trinkets on a shelf. They were his trophies to display....