Aren't We All Mixed?: An Interview with the makers of Toasted Marshmallows

11/3/2013

Toasted Marshmallows is a forthcoming documentary on the experiences of mixed-race women. This summer I sat down with producer Anoushka Ratnarajah (left) and director Marcelitte Failla (right) to find out:

how much power the myth of the "tragic mulatto" still has,
how stereotypes affect women differently than men,
and how body image gets tied to race when you're growing up biracial.

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