Originally Posted by
iris lilies
After listening to the filmmaker on NPR, I kinda/sorta understand little Rachel. Essentially she is living out a teenager’s temper tantrum in rebelling against her parents. In little Rachel’s mind, if she think of herself as “white” she becomes one of “them” i.e. her parents and her birth family. Because they are bad people, she cant be one of them and still maintan her integrity.
Anyway, this is Rachel Logic which is, of course, silly. It has far less to do with embracing a culture she admires than fleeing a “culture” she thinks of as abusive and mean. She is running AWAy from something, not running TOWARD something.
I did not watch the documentary or read her book and probably will not. But I have a question...did the incident at the college she attended get covered in book or film? I mean the incident where she was said to have accused that historically black college with some kind of discrimination charge?