I lived in Copenhagen from the age of 13 until the age of 18. During the first 2 years, I made my way through a Danish Catholic school where I received decent grades, but still had a language barrier to…
I lived in Copenhagen from the age of 13 until the age of 18. During the first 2 years, I made my way through a Danish Catholic school where I received decent grades, but still had a language barrier to…
This article originally appeared on the weekly newsletter. It’s been quite a few weeks for the United States of America. Protests, police brutality, it’s been a reckoning moment for our nation. I attended another meetup for The Mixed Space where we discussed…
I remember a few months ago, it was a pleasant Friday evening on the westside of Los Angeles. I had just finished working early, and I decided to take my dog Sammie to the park to give her a little…
We’ve reached some grim milestones recently. We’ve seen video documenting the murders of not one, but two of our African-American brothers. And we’ve crossed the threshold of 100,000 dead to a pandemic that holds the world in its grip. Across…
Society wants us to conform to the standard and to not push back. And while we talk a lot about the large systemic forces behind this. It’s our everyday encounters that reinforce it. From the strangers we meet, to teachers,…
I spent a lot of time during the course of my filmmaking career creating who I didn’t want to be. This desire to avoid being pigeon-holed or categorized for the most part has led me to create work that in…
Another of the far-too-common scenarios if you’re mixed is to be told what you are. I’ve had the following conversation more than I can count: Random stranger, “You’re black, right?” Me, “Part, my dad was from Eastern Europe” Random stranger,…
In the last 4 years, we’ve seen an unprecedented rise in hate. We’ve always known that America has had a problem with race and hatred. But the scariest part is how it’s become mainstream – it’s been rebranded as just…
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a Zoom meeting sponsored by The Mixed Space. Over 40 people logged on a Saturday afternoon to not only hear a presentation from the author Farzana Nayani, but also have their…
It’s come to this. Everyone locked inside, anticipating the spread of a virus whose job is to infect. No matter what political affiliation, nationality, or racial category you might be, the Coronavirus will find its way throughout the world. Leaving…
