Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
February 14, 2026
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February 14, 2026
Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
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Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
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<p dir="ltr">Dorothy Roberts’ father was a white anthropologist who studied interracial marriages and her mother was a Black woman from Jamaica. She always assumed her parents' relationship inspired her father’s scholarly focus, but that changed after he died, and she found boxes of interviews he conducted with interracial couples, dating back to the 1930s, decades before he met her mother. Robert's memoir is ‘The Mixed Marriage Project.’<p dir="ltr">We also hear from historian Heather McGhee. Her book, ‘The Sum of Us,’ examines a question at the heart of American life: Why do so many Americans believe that progress for one group means loss for another?<p dir="ltr">Also, David Bianculli talks about some TV shows he’s been catching up on. <br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
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