by Lise Funderburg | Jun 13, 2015 | Uncategorized, Word Up
When I tried to look black, it was the late 1970s and I was in England for a semester abroad. I had hair down to the middle of my back, the blonde of my birth long since turned a medium brown but the hair itself still fine and mostly straight, with more of a bend than...
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 | 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...
