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Identity and the legacy of family secrets and denial

Identity and the legacy of family secrets and denial

Nationality: American Ethnicity: African decent father and (Jewish) Caucasian mother.   Lacey Schwartz, a 37-year-old Harvard Law School graduate turned filmmaker, moves with ease in circles in which her identity as both black and Jewish seems unremarkable. What makes her biography striking is that Ms. Schwartz, a woman with light brown skin and a cascade […]

Miss England: Rachel Christie

Miss England: Rachel Christie

Nationality: British She’s of Jamaican descent. Rachel Sophia Adina Christie (born c. 1988) is the first black Miss England 2009 and the first mixed race woman to hold the title. She’s 5’10ft. Rachel Christie is biracial. Her mother Diana Christie is a white Irish Catholic. Her father, Afro-Briton Russel Christie, the brother of former British […]