Julie Wiener, “Black And Jewish And Read All Over,” The Jewish Week, (July 16, 2013). http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/new-york-minute/black-and-jewish-and-read-all-over. |
‘Are you African-American?’Posted in Interviews, Media Archive, Passing, United States, Videos on 2015-06-14 16:40Z by Steven |
All In With Chris Hayes
MSNBC
2015-06-12
Chris Hayes, Host
Lacey Schwartz, a film-maker who grew up in a white family then discovered that her biological father was black, shares her unique perspective on Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane NAACP whose estranged parents claim is misrepresenting herself as black.
Watch the interview (00:09:19) here.
‘I’m actually black’: Awkwardness ensues when journalist calls radio host Jay Smooth whitePosted in Articles, Interviews, Media Archive, United States, Videos on 2015-03-19 01:28Z by Steven |
‘I’m actually black’: Awkwardness ensues when journalist calls radio host Jay Smooth white
Raw Story
2015-03-18
David Ferguson
In one of the most cringe-worthy moments of television you will ever see, on Tuesday night’s All In with Chris Hayes, activist Nancy Giles of CBS Sunday Morning accused hip hop critic and cultural commentator Jay Smooth of being a white man who is trying to “code switch,” i.e., talk “black” to reach the rap audience.
Smooth — who was born John Randolph to a black father and a white mother — gently explained to Giles that he is, in fact, black.
The discussion began innocently enough, with Hayes and his two guests discussing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s decree that all U.S. baristas should write the words “Race together” in Sharpie on their paper cups in order to foster a dialogue about race with their customers.
But after watching Smooth’s clip “How to Tell Someone They Sound Racist,” Giles took it upon herself to comment on Smooth’s “co-opting blackness.”…
What if you were told you were whitePosted in Autobiography, Identity Development/Psychology, Interviews, Media Archive, United States, Videos on 2014-10-05 00:46Z by Steven |
What if you were told you were white
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
2014-10-02
Chris Hayes, Host
Lacey Schwartz, Filmaker
“Little White Lie”
But it turns out you’re not. Chris Hayes talks to filmmaker Lacey Schwartz about growing up believing she was white, when in fact, she’s not.
Watch the video here.