by Lise Funderburg | Dec 10, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Current Age: 47 Current Residence: Oakland, CA Current Occupation: Advertising What strikes you when you reread these passages from 20 years ago? When I re-read the words I spoke, I feel like I was saying things that may not have actually been what I felt. The words...
by Lise Funderburg | Dec 4, 2013 | Word Up
Here are two excerpts from Jacqueline Djanikian’s original 1992 interview in Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity (now available in a 20th anniversary expanded ebook edition): EXCERPT 1: “When I was thirteen, I went to the...
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 28, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 49 Residence: Asheville, NC Occupation: PE Teacher, Gymnastics Coach, Actor What is it like to look back on the comments you made 20 years ago? Very strange. Some things still hold true, but so much has changed, or I see things so differently now. In some ways,...
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 25, 2013 | Word Up
Here’s an excerpt from Neisha Wright’s original 1992 interview in Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity (now available in a 20th anniversary expanded ebook edition): “The history books my father gave me when I was a kid...
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 23, 2013 | What Readers Say
“I read Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity at a very pivotal time in my life. As a bi-racial adoptee growing up in Lake Oswego, Oregon, I had more than your normal angst about creating my own identity and figuring out who I am...
