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Colin Covert Says The Movie About A Black Girl Born To White Parents In South Africa , "Skin" Is Too Simplistic #racism
Covert writes, An improbable true story of bloodlines and color lines, "Skin" dramatizes the life of Sandra Laing, a black girl born to white Afrikaner parents in apartheid-era South Africa. Sandra's birth certificate classified her as white, though a genetic quirk had given her dark skin and curly hair. In her youth Sandra attended a whites-only school where her appearance created an uproar. She was reclassified as "colored" under apartheid laws, and her parents mounted a judicial challenge to establish her whiteness. Read More
However, the film has received several Audience Awards. More Reviews can be read here.
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