*We want to correct an error in this story’s scripting. In the segment, we stated that our source Dorothy Roberts was not in touch with any of her white uncles from her father’s side. This was incorrect. She was in touch with one of her uncles who did attend her father’s wedding. We regret the error and appreciate the opportunity to clarify the record.”
We speak with Dorothy Roberts, an acclaimed law & sociology professor, about uncovering her father’s research on interracial marriage and the journey of realizing her own family and upbringing were part of this larger project. What starts as a personal discovery opens into a deeper look at race, identity and why relationships alone can’t undo deep-rooted discrimination.
Guest:
- Dorothy Roberts, professor, Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, author, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family”
Roberts had mixed feelings and questioned whether her entire childhood and family unit were just part of her father’s research. She remembers discovering a file numbered two-hundred-twenty-four among the interviews he conducted with children. This was her file.
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