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10 Thoughts on The Loving Generation Documentary About Biracial Kids Born After Loving v. Virginia

Today, the final installment of the documentary The Loving Generation was released (please go check out “Episode 1: Checking Boxes,” “Episode 2: We Are Family,” “Episode 3: Coming of Age” and “Episode 4: The Obama Era”). Full disclosure: I’m in the documentary. It explores the stories of biracial black-and-white children born after the 1967 Loving…

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Panama Jackson

Published

February 27, 2018
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10 Thoughts on Anna Holmes’ New York Times Op-Ed ‘Black With (Some) White Privilege’

Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and editorial director at Topic.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times titled, “Black With (Some) White Privilege.” Full disclosure: I’m part of a currently running, very interesting and insightful documentary series she executive-produced called The Loving Generation, which explores the lives and identities of kids born…

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Panama Jackson

Published

February 13, 2018
The Loving Generation Explores the Lives of Biracial Children Born After Mixed-Race Marriages Were Legalized

When you meet someone who identifies as biracial, what do you see? An imposter? A person in denial? A person who wants to acknowledge every part of themselves? Someone who wants to name a very specific experience? Or someone longing to place themselves adjacent to whiteness? A new digital documentary series on Topic, The Loving…

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Anne Branigin

Published

February 6, 2018