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  • Dear White Women: Interracial Relationships and Biracial Children Do Not Absolve You of Racism

    There she was: a blond woman with big blue eyes, hair cornrowed tight, with her caramel-colored black child sitting in the back seat. The question, on a mutual friend’s Facebook post, asked if voters were happy with their decision to elect Donald Trump president. The white woman responded that she was satisfied with the job…

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    Kyla Jenee Lacey

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  • Tracing Your Roots: Did a White Lawyer Adopt My Granddad?

    A family legend points to a turn-of-the-20th-century transracial adoption. Could that have actually happened? Dear Professor Gates: My mother and I have been tracing the family tree on the side of my father, Samuel Gibbs, for a while now. We have not been successful in finding out who the mystery white attorney is on my…

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    Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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  • Watch: David Oyelowo Discusses His New Obsession, A United Kingdom

    The film A United Kingdom tells the true story of an interracial couple—Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike)—who were drawn together by love but whose relationship was fraught with great trial. The adversities that this couple faced in the late ’40s are no surprise—namely, laws and systems to drive the pair apart…

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    Felice León

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  • Loving Tells One of the Most Important Love Stories in Black History

    Imagine being cuddled with your loved one in bed, in the middle of the night. It’s peaceful, and the warmth of your spouse’s body sends goosebumps all down your skin. And then, boom! You’re both shaken awake by a police officer kicking down your door and yelling, “Get out of bed!” because your marriage is…

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    Danielle Young

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