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…
This originally appeared on the website newsletter. But I thought this might be more helpful to everyone. I write this to you sitting in my house where my wife and I are self-quarantining for the near future. We are fortunate…
