170: Our Thoughts on ”Passing”

On this week's episode, Sade laments aboout the pains of money management, Glynn shouts out the young activists and Howard University, and Chelsea talks us through an...interesting NYTimes read about code-switching in interracial relationships. 

Then the girls get into the film "Passing." In theaters and on Netflix, the film is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, and its title refers to African-Americans who had skin color light enough to be perceived as white, referred to as "passing." It's a complicated topic and the girls explore the historic motivations to pass, the pain it would bring, and the overall constructs of race.  

 

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