by Lise Funderburg | Nov 11, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 57 Residence: New York City Occupation: Author, Writer, and Cheetahrama designer I look back at what I said twenty years ago and I see how invested I was in denial. But not as much as my sister: it wasn’t until years later through my own investigations that...
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 3, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 45 Residence: Manhattan, NY. Harlem. Occupation: Dance educator, choreographer, and dancer What strikes you when you reread these passages from 20 years ago? It’s interesting looking back and reading what I said. Oh, my god, I would have said it differently. But...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 10, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 63 Residence: Brooklyn, NY Occupation: Freelance children’s book packager and editorial consultant What was it like to look back at what you said in the book? It was very interesting to me because I think some things have stayed exactly the same and I would...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 3, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 63 Residence: Stem, NC Occupation: Retired, Medical Graphic Artist, DoD civilian; Retired, US Naval Reserve, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Has anything about your attitudes towards race and/or identity changed or evolved since you were interviewed for BWO? I...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 2, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 42 Residence: Portland, OR. When I was 28 I decided to move back to Denmark. I had 9 job interviews and a place to stay for 30 days. Somehow I made it work. I lived in Copenhagen for 6-1/2 years working for IBM and attempted to find out what it meant to me to be...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 1, 2013 | What BWO Interviewees Say Now
Age: 48 Residence: Decatur, GA Occupation: Writer/Producer for CNN.com When I went to the book-signing for Black, White, Other in Atlanta 20 years ago, I felt like I was joining some underground resistance movement. I didn’t have to give a password or secret handshake...
