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Director of the documentary Little White Lie
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Lacey Schwartz
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FROM Lacey Schwartz
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
'The Loving Generation' explores what it means to be biracial In 1967 the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage. The case was called Loving v. Virginia. Richard and Mildred Loving sued the state of Virginia for not allowing them to marry. The decision was unanimous. Since then, more interracial couples have married and had children. Now a new Topic.com documentary series, “The Loving Generation,” looks at how those children -- now grown up -- negotiate their identities. Lacey Schwartz is co-director of "The Loving Generation." Photo courtesy of Sunshine Sachs.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Rachel Dolezal and Racial Identity The parents of Rachel Dolezal appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk about their daughter. Dolezal is a white woman who over the years began presenting herself as African-American. She was a student at the historically black college Howard in Washington, D.C.; she got her M.A. and now teaches in the Africana Studies Program at Eastern Washington University; and she headed the NAACP’s Spokane office until resigning today. She also lied about having black family members. There seem to be no shortage of lies or half-truths Dolezal has claimed about her personal history. At its core it is a story about a woman whose identity, either consciously or unconsciously, was malleable to the point that she completely assumed a new race and disowned her white family. How unusual is her story, and what bigger questions does it point to in terms of how we create racial identities in this country?
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Little White Lie Lacey Schwartz's new documentary, "Little White Lie" examines what happens when you've identified as white your whole life only to find out as a teenager that you're actually black. That happened to Schwartz, who grew up in Woodstock, New York. Her parents are white, but she has darker skin and tight, curly black hair. She eventually embarked on a journey to find out the truth about her own ethnicity.
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The ‘Moral Correctness’ Debate How political is black art, and how much can black people critique it? A recent New York Times piece by Wesley Morris suggests that black art in this day and age is being critiqued for its politics rather than for its quality. Justin sits down with writers Chuck Hayward and Jarrett Hill to discuss.