by Lise Funderburg | Jan 15, 2014 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 43 Residence: Los Angeles Occupation: Set Decorator and Yoga Teacher What is it like to look back on the comments you made 20 years ago? They seem accurate. I don’t regret any of them. I think I was in pain then about my racial identity and I am still in...
by Lise Funderburg | Jan 8, 2014 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
This is a slight twist on the “What They Say Now” update format (my ongoing project to collect 20-year updates from the original Black, White, Other book interviewees, a project prompted by curiosity as well as the recent release of the ebook version, and...
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 | 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 15, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 67 Residence: Conyers, Georgia Occupation: Independent Contractor I didn’t realize it had been twenty years until I received Lise’s text asking for a comment. I remember our meeting and all we discussed in anticipation of Black, White, Other. I have...
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 14, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 59 Residence: “Same as before. Harlem. Same apartment. Same everything.” Occupation: Photography editor for the New York Times Opinion Section and Book Review. Co-owner (with wife, Meg Henson Scales) of the Harlem-based photo archive, HSP Archive, and...
