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I see that #PassingNetflix is trending and that people are sharing their family stories of passing and there are some really interesting tweets there. As an author, I wrote one passing story, my Christmas novella, #TheSwan and I wanted to share some things I learned.
Some Black folks are talking about #PassingNetflix and the casting and I believe that those actresses were cast, purposefully, first capitalism but also because passing is a dangerous game that white folks are completely unaware of. 2/?
From a young age, Black children are raised to look for the safe spaces in society. Part of that is to look at people and recognize those Black features when you see them. White children aren't raised to see this because EVERYWHERE is a safe space for them. So Black people 3/?
“To be honest, I’ve never fit in anywhere”
Ruth Negga on disrupting notions of identity, her thoughts about passing and why she never intends to pick up any hobbies.
latimes.com/entertainment-…
Ruth Negga on disrupting notions of identity, her thoughts about passing and why she never intends to pick up any hobbies.
latimes.com/entertainment-…
The actor stars as Clare Kendry, a fair-skinned Black woman who moves through life as a white woman, in "Passing," Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel. latimes.com/entertainment-…
"I’ve always been interested in one’s own perception of [their] identity versus society’s perception, how and where that clashes and collides and where it meets in a friendly matter. It’s tricky because we don’t have an outside eye of ourselves." latimes.com/entertainment-… 
