And now, at age 43 and after more than five years’ effort, he has produced a compelling film about his findings — a documentary called “The American LOWS” (an acronym for Legacy of White Supremacy). His film on white supremacy recently premiered at the San Antonio Black International Film Festival, where it was well received. It begins with Jacqueline Battalora, author of “Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today,” explaining how white supremacy became legalized in Colonial America and why it stayed that way into the 1950s. “Quite honestly, he has raised my consciousness, awakened me to some of the realities of white supremacy that I did not understand,” he said. Sometimes our concept of ourselves is so limited because we can only see ourselves through the lens of White people.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2020 20:52 UTC